Myra Levinson

Myra Levinson (born Myra Benson) 1928- 2021

Myra Levinson (Benson) was born in 1928 in Glasgow and went to the USA, initially  for two weeks at the age of 11 but ended up having to stay in the USA for five years. She stayed  in  Cos Cob in Connecticut,  with her aunt and uncle, one of two Jewish families in the town. Her aunt kept a strict Kosher house.

This is my story  of how I ended up in America : Myra Levinson. ( Benson)

In 1939 when the second world war  was declared, my father’s cousin, Jenny Levine ( Marks) wanted my brother, Harold and I to come to America. There were German planes flying over Glasgow. I was  only 11 at that time and my brother said cheerfully that would be a bomb falling . I remember running to my Auntie Eva who lived in Rouken Glen Road  ( Glasgow) and the air raid sirens went off. It was so early on in the war, it did not really register with people that there were German planes. My father was at the time Chief Air Raid Warden. He was too old to go into the service

As Harold is five years older and was just about to start medicine he would not go.