For the first time since 1940, Moniek Garber of Glasgow, Scotland and Moshe Porat-Perelman of Kvar Saba, Israel spoke on the phone August 29, 2007 due to the efforts of JewishGen vice presidents Michael Tobias of Glasgow, Scotland and Joyce Field of West Lafayette, Indiana, USA and the assistance of Eilat Gordin Levitan of Los… Continue Reading Holocaust Survivors Reunited After 67 Years
INT: One of the very interesting things as well which I think happened Moniek, was the fact of your family being traced. MG: Oh yes. INT: Yes. MG: This was. I didn’t know what had happened to my family and I actually tried to keep a low profile on the basis that if any of… Continue Reading Moniek Garber – Reflection On Life
MG:I then went to London and wrote to London University, sat an entrance exam and got through and then I realised that my one thousand and something pounds was not going to stretch to take a degree so then I got a job in Bradford, again in textiles which wasn’t very much. Then I got… Continue Reading Moniek Garber – Settling In
Then in 1945, just two/three months after the war, the Polish government sent me to Oxford. So I was escorted to the commanding officer’s office and told to pack my kit bag and off to England. INT: To go to Oxford University? MG: Yes. INT: Why you? MG: This is a letter from my commanding… Continue Reading Moniek Garber – Immigration
INT: And the rest of your town, what happened to them? The 80%? MG: I would say 95% were probably executed.INT: Right. MG: In two actions. I don’t remember the details actually. My cousin was particularly interested in this MG: Yes. It’s not just himself; several people took part in it. So, some people did… Continue Reading Moniek Garber – Life During The War
INT: Good evening. Today is the 12th of September 2012 and I’m here to interview Moniek Garber. Good evening. Moniek, can I ask you about your very early days? Could you tell me please what your name was at birth, where you were born? MG: Yes my name at birth was Moishe INT: And when… Continue Reading Moniek Garber – Life Before The War