My Voice: Ruth Edwards
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-8679-9 (ISBN)
Ruth Edwards was born in 1926 in Vienna. She experienced life in Austria as Hitler came to power, with new laws that increasingly restricted everyday life for Jews. In November 1938, in the horror of Kristallnacht, Ruth’s father was taken away to Dachau concentration camp. Even though it meant separation from her mother, Ruth’s family arranged for her to join her great-uncle and his family in England in 1939.
Ruth describes her experience of being evacuated during the war and the many letters she wrote to keep in touch with her parents, who unfortunately perished. After the war, she worked in a factory and met her husband Sidney, also a refugee from Vienna. They settled in Manchester, raising their three children and working together in the handbag trade.
Ruth’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 – Finkel and Byk
2 – Grandfather came too
3 – How father earned a living
4 – My first home
5 – Sweet childhood memories
6 – School in Vienna
7 – Horror of Kristallnacht
8 – The soup kitchen and rollmop herring
9 – Preparations for the journey ahead
10 – My father’s release
11 – A quick goodbye
12 – A new life for me
13 – How Lena and Nat met
14 – The joys of shopping
15 – Grecian Street School
16 – Evacuation to Accrington
17 – My return to Manchester
18 – Responsibilities at home
19 – The last letters
20 – Leaving Auntie Lena and Uncle Nat
21 – Life in Macclesfield
22 – Macclesfield folk
23 – Working at H & I Franklin
24 – Night School
25 – Christmas in London
26 – Meeting Sidney
27 – The ‘refugees’ table’ at the Ritz
28 – Choosing the ring
29 – A warm reunion
30 – Wedding preparations
31 – Our wedding and honeymoon
32 – Married life in Whalley Range
33 – Making a living
34 – Esmond is born
35 – Help at home
36 – Michelle and Karon
37 – The green van
38 – Esmond’s Bar Mitzvah and accountancy
39 – The girls grow up
40 – 15 Ravens Close
41 – Travels
42 – Retirement
43 – My family are very close
Glossary
My Voice volunteers
About The Fed -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors |
| Zusatzinfo | 40 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 | 1-5261-8679-9 / 1526186799 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-8679-9 / 9781526186799 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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