ERNA I loved that, I loved mixing with all the girls, and we went dancing to the Plaza on a Tuesday. INTERVIEWER And how did you meet your husband? ERNA There was a place called the ‘Jewish Institute’ in the Gorbals and everybody went on a Sunday, and he had just come out the Air … Read more
INTERVIEWER So, you went to Netherlee Primary School, and what happened after Netherlee Primary School? ERNA Well, I left school at 14. I was a year at Eastwood, the old Eastwood and then went into hairdressing. INTERVIEWER Which is why your hair is always lovely. ERNA No, I go to the hairdresser. INTERVIEWER But from … Read more
INTERVIEWER So, you came up to Glasgow, and so where did you live in Glasgow? ERNA That’s when they took me straight to Nurse Livingstone then. INTERVIEWER And where about did Nurse Livingston stay. ERNA She stayed in Stamperland, Stamperland Hill, and she had bought this house. There wasn’t much room. I slept in the … Read more
INTERVIEWER Good afternoon Erna. Today is the 9th February 2022 and I’m here with Myrna to have a wee chat with you this afternoon. Thank you very much for having us in your lovely, lovely flat. So first of all, I was going to ask you Erna, what was your name at birth? and when … Read more
A school with a Jewish namesake who survived the Holocaust has a high educational, social and ethical obligation to keep the memory of the namesake alive and to cultivate it. For several years now, our school has been attended by Protestant and Catholic children alike, in some cases by children of Islamic or other faith … Read more
The refugee committee informed me that I need to go to the high court in Edinburgh. A lawyer from the committee accompanied me to the high court but he was not allowed into the hearing. At the High court in Edinburgh I was convicted of “Corresponding with the Enemy” a very serious offence during wartime. … Read more
My first 23 months in the United Kingdom May 1939 to April 1941 An incredible experience for a German Jewish Refugee Boy aged 15 to 17 years May 1939 Arrived by Kindertransport train at Liverpool Street Station London Next day by Royal Scott train from Euston to Glasgow Welcomed by Mrs. E. Hurwich, my Guarantor … Read more
FRIEDRICH (Fridyes in Hungarian) LOTHAR WEISS, better known as Fred Weiss, was born in Miskolc in Hungary on May 23rd 1921. He lived most of his adult life in Glasgow, Scotland and epitomised the ideal of how a poor young refugee could make good by hard work and strong will. His mother, Irma Eisner, was … Read more