Halina Moss – Settling In

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… Continue Reading Halina Moss – Settling In

Gretl Shapiro – Settling In

Gretl talks about life with her new guardian in Coventry and describes her education and the evacuation of her school during the war. Read the Transcript INT: This is the lady that you eventually called your aunt? G.S: Yes, yes. INT: She actually brought you up? G.S: Yes. She did yes. She brought me up,… Continue Reading Gretl Shapiro – Settling In

Frieda Laird – Settling In

Frieda describes how she met her husband and how she managed to make ends meet. She tells the interviewer that she is now Scottish. INT: What age were you when you got married? FL: 21. INT: Gosh that’s quite, that’s quite young. And so how did you meet your husband? FL: I met him through… Continue Reading Frieda Laird – Settling In

Eva Szirmai – Settling In

Eva talks about her first experiences of life in Glasgow. She describes the delight she experienced when she and her family celebrated their first Friday night in a free country. INT: Ah, no, what I meant had you had your other children? Were your other children born in Scotland? E.S: No my daughter born here,… Continue Reading Eva Szirmai – Settling In

Bob Kutner – Settling In

In this section Bob describes his first jobs in Britain when he left the army after the war. He also talks of his time before that as a soldier in the British army. INT1: Did you work when, when you arrived here? BK: Yes, I started out as a small time commercial traveler. Working for… Continue Reading Bob Kutner – Settling In