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This is my voice, my life / Marianne Philipps.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Philipps, Marianne, 1924- 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):
- Philipps, Marianne.
- Holocaust survivors--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust survivors--Great Britain--History.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jewish refugees--England--Biography.
- Jewish refugees.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 126 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- My voice : Marianne Philipps
- Marianne Philipps
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2024.
- 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:
- Marianne'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. Marianne Phillips began life in Berlin in 1924, came to England on the Kindertransport, and went on to run a dressmaking business and volunteer for many Jewish causes.
- Contents:
- Cover
- My Voice Project
- Contents
- Dedication
- 1 - Family life in Berlin - the early days
- 2 - The Rise of Hitler
- 3 - Auerbach Orphanage
- 4 - Kristallnacht - 9 November 1938
- 5 - The Kindertransport
- 6 - England at last!
- 7 - My new home
- 8 - The outbreak of war
- 9 - Harry is apprenticed (again)
- 10 - London bound
- 11 - Eighteen at last!
- 12 - Our Wedding
- 13 - Married life
- 14 - New house, new family, new jobs
- 15 - Synagogues - small and large
- 16 - Ravenswood Village
- 17 - Returning to Berlin
- 18 - The move to Manchester
- 19 - Postscript
- Glossary
- My Voice volunteers
- About The Fed.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata and online resource, viewed December 6, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 9781526186652
- 1526186659
- 9781526186638
- 1526186632
- OCLC:
- 1460465744
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