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In these excerpts from interviews with some of the Jewish children who came to the Lake District in 1945, they talk about some of the memories they have of their stay.

Please note that a small number of the interviews are from original, non-digital, sources and the sound may be of variable quality.

Jack Aizenberg
Jack Aizenberg

Ike Alterman
Ike Alterman

Joe Berger
Joe Berger

Interviewee No.4
Mayer Bomsztyk

Joe Goldberger
Jan Goldberger

Interviewee No.6
Ben Helfgott

Interviewee No.7
Arek Hersh

Interviewee No.8
Mayer Hersh

Interviewee No.9
Solly Irving

Interviewee No.10
Minia Jay

Interviewee No.11
Kopel Kendall

Interviewee No.12
Pinkus Kurnedz

Interviewee No.13
Moshe Nurtman

Interviewee No.14
Hannah Smith

Interviewee No.15
Harry Spiro

Interviewee No.16
Krulik Wilder

Interviewee No.17
Aron Zylberszac

 

 

 

In these excerpts from interviews with former residents of Calgarth Estate and the local community, they talk about their memories of the Jewish children who stayed in the Lake District in between August 1945 and early 1946.

Pat Bottomley
Pat Bottomley

Kevin Coulter
Kevin Coulter

George Harrop
George Harrop

Colin Heighton
Colin Heighton

Eleanor Hicks
Eleanor Hicks

James Hicks
James Hicks

John Jones
John Jones

Lou Llewellyn
Lou Llewellyn

Velma Smith
Velma Smith

Bob Spratt
Bob Spratt