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Marion Camrass – Reflection On Life

Marion tells of the importance of remembering her roots and her Polish family, but she feels that her Scottish children and grandchildren have given her enormous joy. This section of the interview was carried out in February 2014. INT: Right, so one of the things we always do on reflection is ask about the nice… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Reflection On Life

Marion Camrass – Integration

Here Marion describes her school career in Glasgow and the start of her medical studies at Glasgow University. She tells of her romance with another refugee from Germany, her marriage and her life as the young wife of a busy GP in the same city. Read the Transcript INT: What did you do after er… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Integration

Marion Camrass – Immigration

At the end of the war Marion’s mother went back to Poland and Marion eventually came to Scotland. M: My aunt came to London to meet the transport of children that Doctor Shoenfeld brought from Poland. INT: So sorry can you go back a wee bit and say who was Doctor Schoenfeld? M: Well Rabbi… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Immigration

Marion Camrass – Settling In

Marion describes her new life in Glasgow after the end of the war. She learned English and attended Laurel Bank School INT: And they [the school] gave you special support did they at the time? MC: And they were very kind and very good so that after three years at school, well I arrived in… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Settling In

Marion Camrass – Life During The War

Marion’s family fled from the German army when it attacked western Poland in September 1939. They reached the Russian Zone in eastern Poland but were sent to Siberia as suspected enemy aliens. When war between the Soviet Union and Germany began in the summer of 1941 the family were allowed to leave their Siberian camp… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Life During The War

Marion Camrass – Life Before The War

Marion’s story begins in Poland in 1932 when she was born into a wealthy family in Krakow. As a child during the Second World War she fled the fighting by travelling into Soviet Russia and eventually to Siberia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In 1946 she joined her aunt in Glasgow where she completed her school education,… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Life Before The War

Links to Other Testimonies by Marion Camrass

Life Before The War
Life During The War
Settling In
Immigration
Integration
Reflection On Life
Radio Scotland Interview
Video Interview
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