I was born Ruth Gans / Ruth Lachs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lachs, Ruth, 1936- author.

Series:

My voice : the remarkable life stories of Holocaust survivors.

My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lachs, Ruth.

Holocaust survivors--Biography.

Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust survivors--History--Great Britain.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 74 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Other Title:

My voice : Ruth Lachs

Ruth Lachs

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:

Ruth'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. Ruth Lachs began life in Hamburg in 1936 and went on to live in Manchester and work in healthcare.

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:

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ISBN:

9781526186829

1526186829

9781526186812

1526186810

OCLC:

1460466925