My Voice: Chaim Ferster
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-8625-6 (ISBN)
Chaim Ferster was born in Sosnowiec, Poland. He lived with his parents and three sisters above the brush factory owned by his father. They were religious Jews and only spoke Yiddish. He was 17 when war broke out and German soldiers arrived in his town.
After surviving a harrowing selection process, Chaim was sent to one camp after another and set to work. Then, in September 1944, he was sent to Auschwitz. In April 1945, he was forced onto a death march to Buchenwald. After liberation, Chaim was reunited with his sister and one of their cousins and they came to Manchester, where he found work as a sewing machine repairer and eventually became a toy manufacturer. He married Nan and they had three sons, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Chaim’s book is part of the My Voice book collection, a stand-alone project of The Fed, the leading Jewish social care charity in Manchester, dedicated to preserving the life stories of Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution who settled in the UK. The oral history, which is recorded and transcribed, captures their entire lives from before, during and after the war years. The books are written in the words of the survivor so that future generations can always hear their voice. The My Voice book collection is a valuable resource for Holocaust awareness and education. -- .
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. -- .
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
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors |
| Zusatzinfo | 26 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-8625-X / 152618625X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-8625-6 / 9781526186256 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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