Medas, Susanne (Oral history)

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Description

Object description

German Jewish schoolchild emigrated from Berlin, Germany to Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1933 and on the Kindertransport to GB, 6/1939; worked as teacher in GB, 1940-1945.

Content description

REEL 1: Aspects of period in Germany and Czechoslovakia, 1923-1939: father's role as political editor of Social-Democrat newspaper 'Vorwarts' in Berlin; story about elder brother; moved from Germany to Czechoslovakia, 1933; education; father's employment as foreign correspondent for British newspaper The Daily Herald; reason for father losing job following German occupation of the Sudetenland, 1938; story about Rita Burkhill; role of Eleanor Rathbone in helping people leave Czechoslovakia; father's Austrian nationality and application for Czech citizenship; opinion of classification of enemy aliens in GB during war; various memories of elder brother's wartime experiences in Czechoslovakia, Australia and GB. REEL 2 Continues: further memories of elder brother including emigration to East Germany, 1948; description of family background and childhood in Berlin; further comments on father's role as political editor of Social-Democrat newspaper 'Vorwarts' in Berlin; attitude to being Jewish; political beliefs; joined the Czech Red Falcons socialist youth organisation; story about visit to GB with Red Falcons and attending Woodcraft Folk international youth camp in Brighton, 1937; education in Czechoslovakia; religious beliefs. REEL 3 Continues: role of Nicholas Winton finding homes for refugees in GB; description of journey from Prague to GB on Kindertransport, 30/Jun/1939; father in hiding; story of taking photos out of family album; reason for train carriages being sealed; hostile attitude of Germans at stations; story of stopping at Venlo and friendly reception from Dutch civilians. Aspects of period in GB, 1939-1945: description of arrival at Liverpool Street Station, London; label with number hung round neck; reaction to parting from friends; story about spending a year in Italy following illness, 1928; problem of first host family in Cambridge being unsuitable; story of parents being issued with Nansen passports and going to Norway; problem of not being able to speak English; opinion of education; reaction to outbreak of war; story of obtaining place at Homerton Teacher Training College, Cambridge, 1/1940. REEL 4 Continues: accommodation; story about friend Madeleine Campbell; description of teaching placement at junior school Ely; story of being asked to leave Homerton College, summer 1941; employment as private tutor for small girl; story of obtaining place at Charlotte Mason College, Ambleside; opinion of college and teaching methods; fees paid by Union of Jewish Women; curriculum; story of working as teacher in Birmingham for Cadbury family,1/1944; further memories of friend Madeleine Campbell. REEL 5 Continues: story about meeting Nicholas Winton at mother's flat in London; story about son Peter.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: University of Huddersfield (Production company)
Medas, Susanne (Interviewee/Speaker)
Martin, Jeanette (Recorder)
Production date: 2015-04-14
Dimensions: whole: Duration 117, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 34124

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Medas, Susanne
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Berlin, Germany
Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Czechoslovakia

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