My Voice: Peter Mittler
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-8673-7 (ISBN)
Peter Mittler was born in Vienna in April 1930 and witnessed the Anschluss in 1938 when life changed overnight for Jews. He escaped to England on the Kindertransport in January 1939 and stayed with a sponsor family in London. Peter’s parents had also managed to get to England, but his father was sent to an internment camp on the Isle of Man for 9 months during the war.
Peter joined the British Army in 1949 and then studied Psychology at Cambridge. He went on to spend 14 years as Director of the Hester Adrian Research Centre (HARC) at the University of Manchester and Peter’s leadership in the development of policy and provision for adults and children with intellectual disabilities was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 1981.
Peter’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 family in Vienna
2 – The Anschluss: life changes overnight
3 – Leaving on the Kindertransport
4 – Meeting the Jellinek family
5 – Reunited with my parents
6 – Two years at boarding school
7 – My father is interned
8 – Life settles in Surrey
9 – The Merchant Taylors’ School in Crosby
10 – Dramatics and the world of girls
11 – Oxbridge exams
12 – National Service
13 – Pembroke College, Cambridge
14 – Training as a clinical psychologist and family
15 – Moving to Reading and new challenges
16 – Policy and politics
17 – Director of the Hester Adrian Research Centre
18 – A pioneer for change
19 – Manchester University
20 – My travels throughout my career
21 – International advocacy and involvement with UN organisations
22 – New horizons
23 – My love affair with Italy
24 – What happened to my father’s family after the war
25 – The lasting effects of the war on my father
26 – Questions about my past
27 – My life with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis: 2006-2010
28 – Postscript by Penny Mittler
Glossary
Appendix – Publications and major conferences, 2012–2016
My Voice volunteers
About The Fed -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors |
| Zusatzinfo | 91 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 | 1-5261-8673-X / 152618673X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-8673-7 / 9781526186737 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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