Katherine Hallgarten and the WWII refugee experience
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Interviewee name: Katherine Hallgarten
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Katherine Hallgarten recounts the story of her early life in England as the daughter of Jewish refugees. Katherine shared her story with the pupils of King Alfred School as part of their heritage day celebrations.
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from Stuart Prebble 10th Oct 2010, 04:10
Nothing made of plastic, no television, and one egg a month - life for a small child when Katherine first came to Britain from Germany after the war. A great source of pride for Katherine is that she was able to walk with her grandchildren in the same place as she walked with her children - that she wasn't hounded from one country to the next, as were her parents. It's a wonderful reminder of something that most of us take for granted.
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