My Voice: Gisela Feldman
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-8643-0 (ISBN)
Gisela Feldman was born in Berlin in 1923. Gisela recounts the Nazi rise to power and witnessing a terrifying night when her father was taken away by the Nazis. After Kristallnacht, Gisela’s mother knew they had to leave Germany. She managed to arrange visas for Cuba and passage there on a liner, the SS St Louis, for herself and her two daughters. However, Cuba, the USA and Canada all refused entry to the ship, and they were eventually given permission to come to England via Antwerp.
After working as an au pair and a machinist in London, Gisela went on to have a long career as a teacher. She married Oscar and they had three children. She moved to Manchester in 1995 to be near her son and grandchildren.
Gisela’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 parents move from Poland to Berlin
2 – My early years
3 – The lake and the seaside
4 – Suddenly, I heard a shot!
5 – Life became harder
6 – The Sun Doesn’t Shine So Brightly Any More
7 – The SS took Father away
8 – Kristallnacht
9 – Escape to Cuba
10 – A brave man
11 – Our journey on the St Louis
12 – Arriving offshore in Cuba
13 – Nobody would take us
14 – I never saw Father again
15 – Without a job you didn’t eat
16 – My family’s fate
17 – My work as an au pair and machinist
18 – The Blitz
19 – How I met my husband
20 – Our wedding
21 – From Siberia to England
22 – The beggar with the villa outside Paris
23 – On the move
24 – Tragedy strikes
25 – How my teaching career began
26 – That’s a real Londoner you’ve got there
27 – Studying for a degree
28 – Mother’s final years
29 – Leisure time
30 – Seeing the world
31 – Losing Oscar
32 – I moved to Manchester
33 – A reunion in Israel
34 – Peace is far away
35 – The importance of Holocaust Education
36 – You are amazing
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About The Fed -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors |
| Zusatzinfo | 24 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 | 1-5261-8643-8 / 1526186438 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-8643-0 / 9781526186430 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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