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Don't forget us / Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grenfell-Baines, Milena, author.
- Series:
- My Voice: the Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors Series
- My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grenfell-Baines, Milena--Biography.
- Grenfell-Baines, Milena.
- Holocaust survivors--Interviews.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust survivors--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors--Great Britain--History.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives.
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations).
- Jewish refugees--Great Britain--Biography.
- Jewish refugees.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations; digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- My voice : Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines
- Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Biography/History:
- The Fed is Manchester's leading social care charity serving the Jewish community. In June of 2021, The Fed were awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service for the My Voice Project, the highest possible accolade for a voluntary sector group.
- Summary:
- Lady Milena's book is part of the My Voice Project, a collection of firsthand accounts of Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution who settled in the UK. Milena lived in Prague as a young child and left for England on the Kindertransport in 1939 with her sister. She was depicted in the 2023 film 'One Life'.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- My Voice Project
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 - My early family life in Proseč
- 2 - Moving to Prague
- 3 - Leaving on the Kindertransport
- 4 - A new life in England with the Radcliffes
- 5 - The Czech boarding school
- 6 - My parents' careers in England
- 7 - The fate of my family during the war
- 8 - Studying childcare and working in France
- 9 - Meeting George
- 10 - George's passion for education and his knighthood
- 11 - A new era with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- 12 - My cookery demonstrations
- 13 - Returning to the Czech Republic
- 14 - Cooking with the Remoska
- 15 - My Czech connection
- 16 - An emotional reunion on 'That's Life'
- 17 - My growing family
- 18 - My sister Eva
- 19 - The Farewell Memorial
- 20 - Retelling my story
- 21 - Honouring Sir Nicholas Winton
- 22 - 'One Life'
- 23 - Reflections
- Glossary
- My Voice volunteers
- About The Fed.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata; resource not viewed.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781526192622
- 1526192616
- 9781526192615
- 1526192624
- OCLC:
- 1523054990
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