My Voice: Leo Stein
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-8658-4 (ISBN)
Leo Stein was born in 1922 in the German town of Pforzheim. Growing up in a Jewish family in Germany, Leo witnessed first-hand the rise of the Nazi regime and the horrors of Kristallnacht. Thanks to a Jewish school in Liverpool who granted Leo the promise of a scholarship, he was able to get a visa and escape Germany just before the outbreak of war.
Leo describes the kindness of families in Liverpool who provided food and shelter for the new arrivals, as well as the support from entities like the Jewish Refugee Committee. Leo settled in Manchester and was later joined by his uncle and brother, with whom he grew a successful menswear clothing company in Salford. He married Helen and had two children.
Leo’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
2 – Hitler comes to power
3 – My schooling
4 – Horrors of Kristallnacht
5 – The world was closed to Jews
6 – The visa that saved my life
7 – My shock at arriving in England
8 – My parents are sent to a camp
9 – An opportunity for work
10 – A family business in Manchester
11 – Our factory
12 – My parents are liberated
13 – How I brought my parents to England
14 – Like winning the pools
15 – My good deed for Britain
16 – I fell in love with a photo
17 – Joyous events
18 – Am Yisrael Chai
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 | 1-5261-8658-6 / 1526186586 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-8658-4 / 9781526186584 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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