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Erna Grace – Settling In

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… Continue Reading Erna Grace – Settling In

Erna Grace – During the War

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… Continue Reading Erna Grace – During the War

Karola Regent – School Naming

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… Continue Reading Karola Regent – School Naming

The Memory of Belsen

During the war, Jack was a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and was haunted by his experience of helping to liberate Belsen Concentration Camp in March 1945. It took him 19 years to be able to express some of his pain in committing his thoughts to paper. The pain of these memories remained with him… Continue Reading The Memory of Belsen

Henry Wuga – Personal Diary

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… Continue Reading Henry Wuga – Personal Diary

Fred Weiss – His Story

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… Continue Reading Fred Weiss – His Story