Many Jews tried to leave Germany after Hitler came to power in 1933, and increasingly so as the full force of his anti-Jewish policies was felt. It was hard, though, to find countries that were willing to accept Jewish refugees, and Britain was no exception. There were only a limited number of ways in which Jewish refugees were allowed into the country.

The pressure to leave mounted after Kristallnacht in November 1938, when Nazi intentions towards the Jews became unmistakable. By 1939, about 60,000 German and Austrian refugees had arrived in Britain. Each of these had an individual story of struggle, separation, and loss, and this account tells one of them.

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