My Voice: Chaim Ferster - A Story of Two Violins

Chaim Ferster was born in Sosnowiec, Poland. He lived with his parents and three sisters above the brush factory owned by his father. They were religious Jews and only spoke Yiddish. He was 17 when war broke out and German soldiers arrived in his town.

After surviving a harrowing selection process, Chaim was sent to one camp after another and set to work. Then, in September 1944, he was sent to Auschwitz. In April 1945, he was forced onto a death march to Buchenwald. After liberation, Chaim was reunited with his sister and one of their cousins and they came to Manchester, where he found work as a sewing machine repairer and eventually became a toy manufacturer. He married Nan and they had three sons, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Chaim's book is part of the My Voice book collection, a stand-alone project of The Fed, the leading Jewish social care charity in Manchester, dedicated to preserving the life stories of Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution who settled in the UK. The oral history, which is recorded and transcribed, captures their entire lives from before, during and after the war years. The books are written in the words of the survivor so that future generations can always hear their voice. The My Voice book collection is a valuable resource for Holocaust awareness and education.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

The Fed is Manchester's leading social care charity serving the Jewish community. In June of 2021, The Fed were awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service for the My Voice Project, the highest possible accolade for a voluntary sector group.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: The Fed
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.09.2024
• EAN: 9781526186256
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-8625-6
• Seiten: 106
• Serie: My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > 20. Jahrhundert (bis 1945); HISTORY / Jewish, The Holocaust, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Relating to Jewish people and groups, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, Holocaust; Shoah; World War 2; Second World War; Holocaust testimony; Holocaust survivor; Holocaust refugee; Buchenwald; labour camp; sewing machine repair; toy manufacture; oral history