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Henry Monath : my miraculous escape.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monath, Henry, interviewee.
- Series:
- My voice: the remarkable life stories of Holocaust survivors.
- My voice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monath, Henry.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Biography.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Jews--Great Britain--Biography.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 139 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- My miraculous escape
- 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:
- Henry'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. Henry Monath was born in Krak?ow, and his mother arranged escape to England for Henry and his sister. He experienced the war in Manchester and as an evacuee in Blackpool.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- My Voice Project
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 - My maternal family
- 2 - My paternal grandparents
- 3 - My world collapses
- 4 - The family business and our home
- 5 - Kraków, a city of contrast
- 6 - Mother remarries
- 7 - School days
- 8 - Family holidays and leisure time
- 9 - My Bar Mitzvah and religious festivals
- 10 - The taste of childhood
- 11 - Life becomes dangerous
- 12 - Escape to England
- 13 - First impressions of England
- 14 - The fate of the rest of the family
- 15 - Evacuation and my first job
- 16 - Escaping the air raids
- 17 - Starting my own business
- 18 - Friendships and love at first sight
- 19 - Our weddings
- 20 - Starting our married life
- 21 - My grandmother's candlesticks
- 22 - A growing business and family
- 23 - Becoming more religious
- 24 - My return to Kraków
- 25 - My premonitions
- 26 - My mother's passing
- 27 - Memorable trips to Israel
- 28 - My half-brother Edward
- 29 - My golden rule
- 30 - My political views
- 31 - My legacy
- 32 - Postscript by grandson Benjy Smith
- Glossary
- My Voice volunteers
- About The Fed.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Manchester: The Fed, 2022.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 17, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-8650-0
- 1-5261-8648-9
- OCLC:
- 1460466885
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