Interview with Menachem Silver

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British civilian worked as warden for Jewish refugees at Woodcote House in Ascot, GB, 1945-1946; relief worker with Jewish Joint Distribution Committee as Director of Displaced Person Homes in Strobl am Wolfgangsee, Austria, 1946-1948

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REEL 1 Background in Leeds, GB, 1923-1944: family; education; attending Government Training Programme and employment in munitions factory; membership of Habonim Zionist Youth Organisation. Recollections of period working with Jewish refugees as warden at Woodcote House, Ascot in GB, 1945-1946: purpose of Woodcote House; prior experience caring for Jewish child evacuees, 1943-1945; assuming responsibility as warden, 1945; arrival of group of young Holocaust survivors, 'The Boys'; difficulties facing 'The Boys' in adapting to normal life; organising education for group; social activities; failure of plans to have boys adopted; initial impressions of 'The Boys'; attitude towards his role in group's development; psychological impact of the Holocaust on 'The Boys'. REEL 2 Continues: degree of contact with group after they left; reason why group could not attend local schools; education of group; lack of training or assistance received; catering for religious beliefs/practice of 'The Boys'; medical care; the group's search for their parents; day to day care for group; attitude of London Committee towards his work as warden; his replacement by man with borstal training and experience, 1946. Recollections of period as relief worker with Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Strobl am Wolfgangsee, Austria, 1946-1948: background to obtaining role as Director of Displaced Person Homes in Strobl am Wolfgangsee area; nature of camps in area REEL 3 Continues problem of how to deal with Displaced Persons; work of Displaced Persons homes; relations with United States military forces; illegal immigration of Displaced Persons to Palestine; work in Wels Displaced Persons Camp; aiding Jewish immigration to Palestine from Bari in Italy; desire of Displaced Persons to emigrate to Palestine; difficulties in coping with large numbers of Displaced Persons wanting to emigrate to Palestine; accompanying boat load of Jewish emigrants to Palestine, 1948. Reflections on work with Holocaust survivors: impact of experience on his life; question of resistance to potential German invasion of GB; belief that more could have been done for Jewish refugees; attitude towards work of welfare organisations. REEL 4 Continues: contact with Quakers.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Smith, Lyn E (Recorder)
Silver, Menachem (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1997-12-09
Dimensions: whole: Duration 105, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 17760

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