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And the rest is history / Tommy Schweiger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schweiger, Tommy, 1938- author.
- Series:
- My Voice: the Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors Series
- My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schweiger, Tommy, 1938---Biography.
- Schweiger, Tommy.
- Holocaust survivors--Interviews.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust survivors--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors--Great Britain--History.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jewish refugees--Great Britain--Biography.
- Jewish refugees.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations; digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- My voice : Tommy Schweiger
- Tommy Schweiger
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.
- 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:
- Tommy'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. Tommy was born in Berlin, left as a baby for London in 1939 with his family, and would grow up to have a successful business career.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- My Voice Project
- Dedication
- Contents
- My paternal family tree
- Aunt Frieda's family in Argentina
- 1 - Born in Berlin after Kristallnacht
- 2 - Arriving in England with nothing
- 3 - Settling in Manchester
- 4 - The Steinbergs
- 5 - Childhood memories
- 6 - Leaving school
- 7 - My German apprenticeship
- 8 - Pall Mall Shirts
- 9 - The death of my father
- 10 - Meeting my wife Heather
- 11 - Family life in Northenden
- 12 - New business ventures
- 13 - Character World
- 14 - Time to celebrate
- 15 - Giving back
- 16 - My grandchildren
- 17 - Heather's brother John
- 18 - An emotional discovery of my heritage
- 19 - The stars were aligned
- 20 - Beshert
- 21 - My feelings towards the German people today
- 22 - What it means to be Jewish
- 23 - The most important thing is family
- 24 - Additional family research
- Glossary
- My Voice volunteers
- About The Fed.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-9256-X
- 1-5261-9255-1
- OCLC:
- 1522768779
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