Hanna Ramras - January 26, 2008
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Hanna Ramras was born in Bratislava, Slovakia. When her father died, her mother returned to her home in Aussig, leaving Hanna in an orphanage in Bratislava. When the Germans took the Sudetenland, Hanna was moved to an orphanage near Prague where she was eventually transported to England via airplane. In England, she lived with a foster family and attended a boarding school before reconnecting with a cousin there. After the war, Hanna moved to Brazil where she got married and started a family. Eventually, she and her family moved to Israel where they still reside today.
- Introduction
- Life Before the War
- Life Before the War II
- Kristallnacht
- Religious Life
- Being Transported to England
- Arriving in England
- Life with Foster Parents
- Life with Foster Parents II
- Politics
- Germans Invade Sudetenland
- Start of War
- Finding Transport
- Religious Life in England
- Being Contacted by Family
- Experiencing Anti-Semitism
- Life in England
- Thoughts on Experience
- Thoughts on Israel
- Hearing About the Holocaust
- Leaving Foster Parents
- Family Life
- Fate of Mother
- Relationship with Foster Parents
- Moving to Brazil
- Moving to Brazil II
- Moving to Brazil III
- Learning Yiddish
- Sharing Story
- Life in Brazil
- Moving to Israel
- Returning to Slovakia
- Returning to Slovakia II
- Returning to Slovakia III
- Sharing Story II
- Sharing Story III
- Thoughts on Holocaust Museums
- Thoughts on Holocaust Museums II
- Conclusion
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