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Book SynopsisIn Émigré Voices Lewkowicz and Grenville present twelve oral history interviews with men and women who came to Britain as Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria in the late 1930s. Many of the interviewees rose to great prominence in their chosen career, such as the author and illustrator Judith Kerr, the actor Andrew Sachs, the photographer and cameraman Wolf Suschitzky, the violinist Norbert Brainin, and the publisher Elly Miller. The narratives of the interviewees tell of their common struggles as child or young adult refugees who had to forge new lives in a foreign country and they illuminate how each interviewee dealt with the challenges of forced emigration and the Holocaust. The voices of the twelve interviewees provide the reader with a unique and original source, which gives direct access to the lived multifaceted experience of the interviewees and their contributions to British culture.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction: The Exhibition Anthony Grenville The Interviews Bea Lewkowicz 1 Doris Balacs 2 Norbert Brainin 3 Anton Walter Freud 4 Richard Grunberger 5 Daisy Hoffner 6 Lucie Kaye (née Schachne) 7 Judith Kerr 8 Elly Miller 9 Lord Claus Moser, Baron Moser KCB CBE 10 Andrew Sachs 11 Hans Seelig 12 Wolfgang Suschitzky Index
