Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive

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Baruch Spergel - February 4, 2008

Baruch Spergel was born in Poland but moved to Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia with his family where his sister, Zivia Fischler, was later born. Following the German annexation of the Sudenteland in 1938, the family moved to Prague. Their parents then arranged for Baruch to be sent to England on a transport organized by Nicholas Winton. Zivia was sent on a later transport, also organized by Winton. Both siblings lived with their aunt and uncle in London before being split up. Baruch was boarded at Gwrych Castle and then moved to London to work. He joined the British Army after the war. Zivia was sent to stay at several different schools and family members for the duration of the war. After the war the siblings moved to Palestine to be with their parents who both had survived the war.

1. Introduction
2. Family
3. Fate of Family
4. Family Life
5. Religious Life
6. Religious Education
7. Life in Sudetenland
8. Attending Czech School
9. Life in Prague
10. Family Escapes Czechoslovakia
11. Boarding at Gwrych Castle
12. Being Sent to England
13. Being Sent to England II
14. Fate of Parents
15. Fate of Parents II
16. Saving Family from Vienna
17. Experience on Kindertransport
18. Experience on Kindertransport II
19. Life in England
20. Living Through the Blitz
21. Working in London
22. Life in England II
23. Feelings on Experience
24. Feelings on Experience II
25. Communication with Parents
26. Meeting Spouses
27. Reuniting with Parents
28. Joining the British Army
29. Hearing about the Holocaust
30. Visiting Germany
31. Memories
32. Thoughts on the British
33. Thoughts on the British II
34. Thoughts on Karl May
35. Returning to Czechoslovakia
36. Life in Israel
37. Thoughts on Winton
38. Sharing Story
39. Thoughts on Holocaust Education
40. Befriending Germans
41. Conclusion