My life with all its ups and downs and still here to tell the tale / Gerda Rothberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rothberg, Gerda, 1926- author.

Series:

Sibanda, Tumi. My voice series.

My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors

The My Voice Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rothberg, Gerda.

Holocaust survivors--Biography.

Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust survivors--Interviews.

Holocaust survivors--Great Britain--History.

Jewish refugees--Great Britain--Biography.

Jewish refugees.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 138 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

My Voice : Gerda Rothberg

Gerda Rothberg

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:

Gerda'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. Gerda Rothberg's father was taken away after Kristallnacht and her family arranged for Gerda and her sisters to escape to the UK on the Kindertransport. She went on to work in dressmaking.

Contents:

1. A happy childhood

2. School and the rise of antisemitism

3. Meeting my mother's family

4. Jews no longer allowed

5. Father is taken away

6. The Kindertransport

7. Living in Liverpool with the Brown family

8. Working as a nanny

9. My opportunity to leave Liverpool

10. Making a life for myself in Manchester

11. Nat and his family

12. My sister Ruth's wedding

13. Our wedding

14. Becoming a mother

15. Married life

16. My children and grandchildren

17. Tracing my parents

18. Holidays abroad

19. Meeting royalty

20. My message to the next generation

Glossary

My Voice volunteers

About The Fed

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher-supplied metadata and e-publication, viewed December 11, 2024.

ISBN:

9781526186393

152618639X

9781526186416

1526186411

OCLC:

1459695897