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My Voice : Werner Conn / The Fed, issuing body.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- , The Fed, Author.
- Series:
- My Voice: the Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust survivors.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, England : Manchester University Press, 2024.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Werner'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. Werner Conn spent his early childhood in Berlin and was sent to the UK on the Kindertransport when life became very difficult for Jews. He went on to work in mechanical engineering.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- My Voice Project
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 – My family
- 2 – Childhood memories in Berlin
- 3 – Hitler Youth and the Olympic Games
- 4 – Life becomes difficult after Kristallnacht
- 5 – Leaving on the Kindertransport
- 6 – Settling into a hostel in High Wycombe
- 7 – Moving hostels
- 8 – My apprenticeship in Loughborough
- 9 – Discovering the fate of my family
- 10 – Living with the Meinhards in Oxford
- 11 – Studying engineering at Durham University
- 12 – Working as an engineer in Warton
- 13 – Meeting my wife Elisabeth
- 14 – Married life and the birth of our Daughter
- 15 – Travelling abroad for work and holidays
- 16 – Returning to Berlin
- 17 – Heather and her family
- 18 – 57 years of a happy marriage
- 19 – Meeting my partner Elisabeth Abbott
- 20 – Speaking about my past
- 21 – I’ve been very lucky
- Glossary
- My Voice volunteers
- About The Fed Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781526187017
- 1526187019
- OCLC:
- 1458756544
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