My Voice: Henry Monath
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-8649-2 (ISBN)
Henry Monath was born in Kraków, Poland in 1925. He grew up in a family who ran the second-largest furrier business in the country. By 1938, his mother recognised the increasing dangers for Jewish people in Poland and travelled to London in January 1939. She managed to arrange for Henry and his sister Rezika to escape to England, where she was reunited with them.
Henry reflects on the challenges of settling in a new country, and recounts his experience being evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool in 1939 once war had broken out and later living through air raids in Manchester. After the war, Henry married Gloria, and they had two children. He built a successful company manufacturing lampshades. He visited Kraków several times in later life.
Henry’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 – My maternal family
2 – My paternal grandparents
3 – My world collapses
4 – The family business and our home
5 – Kraków, a city of contrast
6 – Mother remarries
7 – School days
8 – Family holidays and leisure time
9 – My Bar Mitzvah and religious festivals
10 – The taste of childhood
11 – Life becomes dangerous
12 – Escape to England
13 – First impressions of England
14 – The fate of the rest of the family
15 – Evacuation and my first job
16 – Escaping the air raids
17 – Starting my own business
18 – Friendships and love at first sight
19 – Our weddings
20 – Starting our married life
21 – My grandmother’s candlesticks
22 – A growing business and family
23 – Becoming more religious
24 – My return to Kraków
25 – My premonitions
26 – My mother’s passing
27 – Memorable trips to Israel
28 – My half-brother Edward
29 – My golden rule
30 – My political views
31 – My legacy
32 – Postscript by grandson Benjy Smith
Glossary
My Voice volunteers
About The Fed -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors |
| Zusatzinfo | 57 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-8649-7 / 1526186497 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-8649-2 / 9781526186492 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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