Oral History Archives

Research Society Burgenland

Interviews

England as country of refuge

Edith Arlen Wachtel and Walter Arlen

Edith b. 1925 in Vienna
d. 2012 in Los Angeles
Childhood (Summertime) in Bad Sauerbrunn
1939 Escape to England, 1946 Emigration to USA.
Walter b. 1920 in Vienna
Childhood (Summertime) in Bad Sauerbrunn
1939 Escape to the USA.

Shlomo Galandauer

b. 1932 in Wiener Neustadt
d. 2017 in London
Childhood in Lackenbach
1938 Escape to England via Prague.

Nathalie Gluck (neé Dux)

b. 1928 in Deutschkreutz
d. before June 2009 in London
Childhood in Deutschkreutz
1938 Kindertransport to England.
1947 Palestine, 1948 return to England.

Elisabeth Helfer (neé Steinhart)

b. 1919 in Vienna
d. 2015 in London
Childhood in Eisenstadt
1938 Escape to England via Rijeka.
1949 Australia, 1951 Argentina.
1976 England.

Hanny Hieger (neé Spiegl)

b. 1923 in Vienna
d. 2018 in Vienna
Childhood in Zurndorf
1939 Kindertransport to England.
1946 Return to Vienna.
1951 Uruguay, later Argentina, Peru.
1970 Vienna, 1976 GDR (embassy staff).
Retired and returned to Vienna.

Elisabeth S. Hirsch (neé Schiff)

b. 1918 in Budapest
d. 2014 in White Plains, NY, USA
Childhood (Summertime) in Eisenstadt
1939 Escape to England.
1946 USA.

Gertrude Scholz (neé Neumann)

b. 1919 in Vienna
d. 2019 in Graz
Childhood (Summertime) in Rust am See
1939 Escape to England.
1946 Return to Graz.

Ernest Simon

b. 1930 in Eisenstadt
d. 2023 in London
Childhood in Eisenstadt
1939 Kindertransport to England.
from 1960 international career in various European countries.
2001 England.

Kurt Simon

b. 1933 in Eisenstadt
Childhood in Eisenstadt
1939 Escape to England.
1974 Emigration to Israel.
2002 Return to England.

Fritz Spiegl

b. 1926 in Zurndorf
d. 2003 in Liverpool
Childhood in Zurndorf
1939 Kindertransport to England.

Lore Lizbeth Waller (neé Back)

b. 1918 in Vienna
d. 2010 in Los Angeles
Childhood (Summertime) in Eisenstadt
1939 Escape to England via Zlín.
1952 USA.