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One in the eye for Hitler / Leonard Kaufmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaufmann, Leonard, 1935- author.
- Series:
- My Voice: the Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors Series
- My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kaufmann, Leonard, 1935-.
- Kaufmann, Leonard.
- 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, 107 pages): illustrations; digital file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- My voice : Leonard Kaufmann
- Leonard Kaufmann
- 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:
- Leonard'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. Leonard Kaufmann began life in Germany in 1935, came to England on the Kindertransport, and went on to live in Manchester where he worked in manufacturing and wholesale businesses.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- My Voice Project
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 - The very beginning
- 2 - Uncle Arthur's escape
- 3 - Kershaw House
- 4 - Postcards from Germany
- 5 - I was four years old
- 6 - The Argles
- 7 - Margaret, Mickey Mouse and Me!
- 8 - Elephants on the landing
- 9 - The Wee Frees
- 10 - The Walrus and the Carpenter
- 11 - A three-way marriage
- 12 - My schooling
- 13 - Tante Julschen
- 14 - My lovely birthday surprise
- 15 - My Ruth
- 16 - Married life
- 17 - Furniture from Der Vaterland
- 18 - Five thousand bosses
- 19 - I used to collect the whole world
- 20 - Family life in Manchester
- 21 - Alice Argles saved my grandpa
- 22 - "One In The Eye" for Hitler
- My Voice volunteers
- About The Fed.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata, and e-publication, viewed November 5, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 9781526186621
- 1526186624
- 9781526186607
- 1526186608
- OCLC:
- 1460466774
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