Saskia Tepe – Reflection On Life

INT: So Saskia you were telling us about what you discovered after your mother passed away. ST: In the documents in her box I discovered in a medical document that it said that she’d had 2 pregnancies, two normal pregnancies, one in 1945 and one in 1954. The first child died in infancy. And then… Continue Reading Saskia Tepe – Reflection On Life

Saskia Tepe – Settling In

ST: So moving on to the UK. After spending three months in a facility hosted by the British Council for Aid to Refugees, getting basic training in English, ‘Can I have a pound of mince please’, ‘two tickets to…’ INT: And coping with the currency of pounds, shillings and pence. ST: Exactly. We moved to… Continue Reading Saskia Tepe – Settling In

Saskia Tepe – Life During The War

INT: I was just going to ask which town was she living in when she came back? Was it the same town? ST: Yes. It was a little town outside of Jagerndorf. INT: Right. ST: And I’ve forgotten it…it’s Lobenstein, Lobenstein. So I’m not sure. I’m assuming that the Gestapo made some kind of base,… Continue Reading Saskia Tepe – Life During The War

Saskia Tepe – Life Before The War

Learn about the experiences of Saskia Tepe’s mother, Brigitte Langer, who suffered the tribulations of war and its aftermath three times. Once under the Nazis as a Mischling, then under the Czechs as a Sudeten German, and finally as a refugee in a DP Camp in Germany. The aftermath of the war also affected the… Continue Reading Saskia Tepe – Life Before The War