Happy ever after / Peter Adler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adler, Peter, 1933- editor.

Series:

My Voice: the Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors Series

My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adler, Peter, 1933---Biography.

Adler, Peter.

Holocaust survivors--Biography.

Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust survivors--Great Britain--History.

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

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jewish refugees--England--Biography.

Jewish refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 183 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

My voice : Peter Adler

Peter Adler

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:

Peter'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. Peter Adler was born in Berlin, escaped to England with his family in 1938 and was evacuated during the Blitz. He later became a doctor, lived in Zambia and Israel and settled in Derby.

Contents:

Front matter

My Voice Project

Dedication

Contents

1 - Family life in Berlin

2 - Childhood memories

3 - Tensions in Germany

4 - Leaving Germany

5 - Evacuation to Wales

6 - Living together in Llanelli

7 - Life becomes more settled in North London

8 - My Jewish identity

9 - Leaving school and National Service

10 - Travel and university

11 - Courting Eve after qualifying as a doctor

12 - A delayed proposal

13 - Working in Zambia

14 - Our wonderful life in Zambia

15 - A love of exploring

16 - Birth of Keren and moving back to England

17 - A promise to live in Israel

18 - My sisters, Marianne and Renate

19 - Settling in Bedfordshire

20 - Looking after my father and stepmother

21 - Having fun with our daughters and dogs growing up

22 - Our daughters and grandchildren

23 - From Luton to Derby

24 - Our travels

25 - I'm too old to die young, but I'm too young to grow up

26 - Returning to Germany

27 - Understanding my fears

28 - The importance of Holocaust education

29 - My wife Eve

30 - Happy ever after

Acknowledgements

Glossary

My Voice volunteers

About The Fed.

Notes:

Description based on publisher-supplied metadata and e-publication, viewed October 30, 2024.

ISBN:

9781526186683

1526186683

9781526186669

1526186667

OCLC:

1460293569