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A story of two violins / Chaim Ferster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferster, Chaim, 1922- author.
- Series:
- Sibanda, Tumi. My voice series.
- My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors
- The My Voice Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ferster, Chaim, 1922---biography.
- Ferster, Chaim.
- Holocaust survivors--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust survivors--Great Britain--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 91 pages) : digital file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- My voice : Chaim Ferster
- Chaim Ferster
- 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:
- Chaim'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. Chaim Ferster began life in Poland in 1922, survived several labour camps and Auschwitz in World War II, and went on to live in Manchester.
- Contents:
- 1. The brush factory
- 2. Learning seven days a week
- 3. The first violin
- 4. Gathering clouds
- 5. We knew enough about the Nazis to be frightened
- 6. A sewing machine mechanic
- 7. The selection
- 8. One camp after another
- 9. Auschwitz
- 10. Assembling aircraft wings
- 11. Liberation
- 12. Manya
- 13. Israel or Manchester?
- 14. Broom Lane
- 15. Back to sewing machines
- 16. Dancing at the Ritz
- 17. That beautiful girl became my wife
- 18. I made a deal
- 19. I was at my happiest when I was working
- 20. Autosew
- 21. I looked carefully at what other people were doing
- 22. Buckets, bowls and the Enfield rifle
- 23. More time at work than at home
- 24. How very lucky I have been
- 25. My second violin
- 26. Life is better than going to the pictures
- 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 24, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 9781526186249
- 1526186241
- 9781526186263
- 1526186268
- OCLC:
- 1460464021
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