My story / Elena Grosskopf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grosskopf, Elena, 1924- author.

Series:

Sibanda, Tumi. My voice series.

My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors

The My Voice Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grosskopf, Elena, 1924---Biography.

Grosskopf, Elena.

Holocaust survivors--Biography.

Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust survivors--Great Britain--History--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (67 pages) : illustrations, portraits; digital file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

My voice : Elena Grosskopf

Elena Grosskopf

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:

Elena'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. Elena Grosskopf grew up on the Austrian-Italian border and escaped to England with her brother during Mussolini's antisemitic regime.

Contents:

1. Elena's parents

2. Antisemitism moves the family to Milan

3. Refugees and on the run

4. The war years in and around Manchester

5. Reunion and marriage

6. Family life

7. Communal work and culinary arts

8. Sunsets and sunrises

9. Never forget

Glossary

My Voice volunteers

About The Fed.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher-supplied metadata and e-publication, viewed October 21, 2024.

ISBN:

9781526186300

1526186306

9781526186324

1526186322

OCLC:

1460465883