Description
Object description
German Jewish civilian refugee in Glasgow, GB, 1939-1940; internee in Duke Street Prison, Glasgow, GB, 5/1940; internee in Rushen Internment Camp, Port Erin and Port St Mary Internment Camp, Port St Mary, Isle of Man, 1940-1941
Content description
REEL 1 Background in Berlin, Germany, 1918-1939: family; reasons for parents' loss of employment under Nazi regime; explusion from school, 1934. Recollections of period as refugee in Glasgow, GB, 1939-1940: brother and sisters' emigration to GB; reason for emigration to GB, 1939; difficulties in being half-Jewish; memories of Kristallnacht in Germany, 11/1938; Kurt Hahn and establishment of Gordonstoun School; learning English language; effect of Nazi racial laws on medical studies; sponsorship for place at University of Glasgow by Dr Frances Melville of British Federation of University Women; degree of contact with other German refugees in Glasgow.
REEL 2 Continues: journey from Germany to GB, 1939; use of cover story of leaving Germany for holiday; search of train by Nazis; problem of being half-Jewish with regard to passport; arrival at Harwich and journey to Glasgow; further details of sponsorship recieved from British Federation of University Women; opinion of accommodation with family and comparison with sisters' experiences; attending tribunals and classification as 'enemy alien', 5/1940.
REEL 3 Continues: reaction to being reclassification as 'Category A Enemy Alien'; attitude to judge and type of questions asked at tribunal; story of being denounced. Aspects of period as internee in Duke Street Prison, Glasgow, GB, 5/1940; reaction to being interned; problem of missing university examinations; description of reception at prison and first night of internment; relations with other prisoners; living conditions in prison; story of visit from friend; physical effect of interment.
REEL 4 Continues: Aspects of period as internee in Rushen Internment Camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, 1940-1941: arrival at camp; allocation of accommodation; attitude to sharing bed; internal camp organisation of internees; problem of lack of money for women internees; organisation of school and employment; receiving books; work at Marine Biological Station, Port Erin; reason for collecting seaweed; maintaining academic studies; suffering from depression caused by internment; relations with camp administrators; internees' morale.
REEL 5 Continues: interned Gordonstoun School pupils; friendships with other internees; social background of internees. Aspects of period as internee in Port St Mary Internment Camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, GB, 1940-1941: move to camp; question of Nazi element and Category 18B detainees in camp; number of internees in camp; availability of newspapers; question of speaking German and writing letters in English; memories of various landladies; relations with local civilians; opinion of Mr John Bruce at Marine Biological Station; recreational activities including cinema and concerts.
REEL 6 Continues: communication with sisters; tribunal, reclassification and release, 1941. Aspects of period as refugee in GB, 1941-1945: story of fate of other family members in Germany during war; emigration of parents to GB after war; return to University of Glasgow, 1941; restrictions due to status as 'enemy alien'; description of work as teacher at Royal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army, Bath, 1944-1945