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Renée Mosbacher : Jack-in-the-box.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mosbacher, Renée, author.
- Series:
- My voice: the remarkable life stories of Holocaust survivors.
- My voice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mosbacher, Renée.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Austria.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Jewish refugees--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Jewish refugees.
- Jews--Great Britain--Biography.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 101 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Jack-in-the-box
- 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:
- Renée'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. Renée Mosbacher was born in Vienna and witnessed the growth of antisemitism in Austria and the horror of Kristallnacht. After a dangerous journey to England, she made her home there.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- My Voice Project
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 – My life in Vienna
- 2 – How things changed after the Anschluss
- 3 – Some people were very good to us
- 4 – Kristallnacht and SS leather uniforms
- 5 – The nightmare journey to England
- 6 – Feeling safe in London
- 7 – School life during the war and The Blitz
- 8 – The Amadeus String Quartet
- 9 – Working and meeting my first husband
- 10 – Family life with my second husband
- 11 – Renée Barron Catering
- 12 – My third husband: Spring in Autumn
- 13 – Antisemitism and the world today
- 14 – How the piano has always helped me
- 15 – Jack-in-the-box
- My Voice volunteers
- About The Fed Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Manchester: The Fed, 2020.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 17, 2026).
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781526186775
- 1526186772
- OCLC:
- 1458756544
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