Halina describes meeting her husband and starting a family. Read the transcript: INT: So, how did you meet your husband? HM: I met him at a student dance a Glasgow Jewish Students’ Society Dance. I was a wee bit too old for it as I was already out of university by then but my mother … Read more
Halina remembers her early years teaching in various schools in Glasgow. Read the transcript: INT: And what did you study at university? HM: I did an ordinary degree, which is not brilliant in Physics and science in general, but Physics in particular, and Maths. INT: That sounds hard to me. And how were you able … Read more
Halina describes how she found it difficult to integrate with the Jewish community at first. Read the transcript: INT: Why were you so keen on Scotland? HM: I don’t know, I was just the kind of girl who was enthusiastic about countries. INT: So when you came here were your dreams met or were you … Read more
Halina describes how the family managed to leave Warsaw and finally settle in Bialystock where Halina went to school. Read the transcript: INT: Can we take you back. You went back to Poland, obviously a very dangerous time. What happened after that? HM: Well we got to Poland and we reoccupied our flat and on … Read more
Halina describes her life in Poland and Russia during the war and how she eventually came to Scotland. Read the transcript INT: Could you tell us when and where you were born and what was your name at birth? HM: I was born in Warsaw and my name at birth was Halina Lewiner (L E … Read more