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Leo Stein : the story of my life.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stein, Leo, interviewee.
- Series:
- My voice: the remarkable life stories of Holocaust survivors.
- My voice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stein, Leo.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Germany--Biography.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Jews--Great Britain--Biography.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 129 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- 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:
- Leo'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. Leo Stein grew up in Germany, witnessed the horrors of Kristallnacht and later escaped to England thanks to a scholarship from a Jewish School in Liverpool.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- My Voice Project
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 - My family
- 2 - Hitler comes to power
- 3 - My schooling
- 4 - Horrors of Kristallnacht
- 5 - The world was closed to Jews
- 6 - The visa that saved my life
- 7 - My shock at arriving in England
- 8 - My parents are sent to a camp
- 9 - An opportunity for work
- 10 - A family business in Manchester
- 11 - Our factory
- 12 - My parents are liberated
- 13 - How I brought my parents to England
- 14 - Like winning the pools
- 15 - My good deed for Britain
- 16 - I fell in love with a photo
- 17 - Joyous events
- 18 - Am Yisrael Chai
- Glossary
- My Voice volunteers
- About The Fed.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Manchester: The Fed, 2020.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 17, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781526186591
- 1526186594
- 9781526186577
- 1526186578
- OCLC:
- 1460465107
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