MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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The British Schindler
By artappraiser on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 2:32am |
Much more of the story @ Wikipedia.
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Read Lore Segal on the Kindertransport.
"Other people's houses.".
One side bar, described dispassionately. When settled in with her UK host it
was not a cherished guest. She and her parents who got out somehow
were required to function as the "live in couple" whom the hosts would probably
otherwise have employed.
Who's to say why not?
by Flavius on Thu, 01/31/2019 - 10:27pm
Thanks for the tip. I see it has been recommended recently (in summer) at The Guardian as "newly relevant." The review is interesting in itself.
by artappraiser on Thu, 01/31/2019 - 10:41pm
Two elements of the story particularly remained with me.
o Her father ,a successful Austrian banker , in arranging Lore's inclusion in the Transport exhausted his ability to cope and thereafter was an ineffective shadow of his former self.
o When they finally got to Britain both parents , as I alluded to above ,were settled with a middle class family as servants. And in that role firmly made to " know their place". Upstairs and downstairs didn't mix.
Part of life's complexity.
by Flavius on Fri, 02/01/2019 - 7:06pm