My Voice : Gisela Feldman / The Fed, issuing body.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fed, issuing body.

Series:

My Voice: the Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, England : Manchester University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Gisela'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. Gisela Feldman grew up in Berlin, escaped Germany on the SS St Louis, a liner bound for Cuba, but finally found refuge in England, where she went on to have a long career as a teacher.

Contents:

Front matter

My Voice Project

Dedication

Contents

1 – My parents move from Poland to Berlin

2 – My early years

3 – The lake and the seaside

4 – Suddenly, I heard a shot!

5 – Life became harder

6 – The Sun Doesn’t Shine So Brightly Any More

7 – The SS took Father away

8 – Kristallnacht

9 – Escape to Cuba

10 – A brave man

11 – Our journey on the St Louis

12 – Arriving offshore in Cuba

13 – Nobody would take us

14 – I never saw Father again

15 – Without a job you didn’t eat

16 – My family’s fate

17 – My work as an au pair and machinist

18 – The Blitz

19 – How I met my husband

20 – Our wedding

21 – From Siberia to England

22 – The beggar with the villa outside Paris

23 – On the move

24 – Tragedy strikes

25 – How my teaching career began

26 – That’s a real Londoner you’ve got there Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781526186447

1526186446

OCLC:

1458756544