My Voice: Peter Kurer
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-8670-6 (ISBN)
Peter Kurer was born in 1931 in Austria. He had a happy childhood in Vienna, but everything changed with the Anschluss. His father narrowly missed being apprehended by the SS by feigning illness. Peter’s parents resolved within a week to leave Austria.
With the help of a Quaker couple, Peter’s family was guaranteed safe passage to England in 1938. The family settled in Manchester after the war where Peter’s father opened a dental practice whilst Peter and his brother attended a Quaker boarding school. Later, Peter married Heather in 1955, after which he completed his National Service. They settled in Cheadle and had four children. This book chronicles Peter’s successful career in dentistry, including extensive international travel to give lectures, and the instrumental part he played in establishing the Morris Feinmann Home in Manchester.
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 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 synagogue in 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 -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors |
| 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 | 1-5261-8670-5 / 1526186705 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-8670-6 / 9781526186706 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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