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There is no such thing as coincidence / Peter Kurer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kurer, Peter, 1931- 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):
- Kurer, Peter, 1931---Biography.
- Kurer, Peter.
- Holocaust survivors--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust survivors--Interviews.
- Holocaust survivors--Great Britain--History.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jewish refugees--Great Britain--Biography.
- Jewish refugees.
- Quakers--Political activity--Great Britain.
- Quakers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 208 pages): illustrations; digital file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- My Voice : Peter Kurer
- Peter Kurer
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2024.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- 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:
- Peter'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. Peter Kurer's family were helped by a Quaker couple to gain safe passage to England in 1938. Peter later married and had children, and had a successful career in dentistry.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- My Voice Project
- Contents
- 1
- It all started in Vienna
- 2
- Leaving Vienna with the help of the Quakers
- 3
- Our arrival in Manchester, England
- 4
- The bombing of the Goodwins' house
- 5
- Four years in Llandudno
- 6
- Moving back to Manchester
- 7
- Joining a synagoguein Manchester
- 8
- Nine years at Friends' School, Brookfield, Wigton
- 9
- Keeping myself occupied
- 10
- Four schools in four years and a cello
- 11
- Newcastle Dental School
- 12
- Wigton Old Scholars' Association and special friendships
- 13
- Married life in the Royal Air Force
- 14
- Family life in our dream home
- 15
- My involvement with Morris Feinmann Home's Committee
- 16
- Manchester Chamber Concerts Society A lifetime's passion for classical music
- 17
- Speakers House and my third dental surgery
- 18
- The Kurer Anchor System
- 19
- Lecturing around the world
- 20
- Getting published
- 21
- Returning to Vienna
- 22
- Working with Dental Volunteers for Israel
- 23
- The Beeches
- 24
- My foundations of life
- peace, love and harmony
- 25
- Yad Vashem's 'Missing Chapter'
- My Voice volunteers
- About The Fed
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata and e-publication, viewed December 10, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 9781526186713
- 1526186713
- 9781526186690
- 1526186691
- OCLC:
- 1460466464
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