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Ruth Lachs : I was born Ruth Gans.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lachs, Ruth, 1936- interviewee.
- Series:
- My voice: the remarkable life stories of Holocaust survivors.
- My voice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lachs, Ruth, 1936-.
- Lachs, Ruth.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Netherlands--Biography.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Jews--Great Britain--Biography.
- Jews.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 75 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s).
- 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:
- Ruth's book is part of the 'My Voice' book collection, a series of firsthand accounts of Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution who settled in the UK. The oral history, which is recorded and transcribed, captures their entire lives from before, during and after the war years. The books are written in the words of the survivor so that future generations can always hear their voice. A valuable resource for Holocaust awareness and education made available by The Fed, a leading social care charity serving the Jewish community in Manchester.
- Contents:
- 1
- I was born Ruth Gans
- 2
- Becoming Rudy Klein
- 3
- Saved by the sand pit
- 4
- Returning to Amsterdam
- 5
- After the war
- 6
- My education
- 7
- Meeting Werner
- 8
- Moving to Manchester
- 9
- Family life
- 10
- Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah
- 11
- Life after work
- 12
- My many blessings
- 13
- A British Empire Medal and a Royal Garden Party
- 14
- Reflections.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: Manchester: The Fed, 2015.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781526186829
- 1526186829
- 9781526186812
- 1526186810
- OCLC:
- 1460466925
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