Testimony of Gerda (Beruh) Ilan, born in Vienna, Austria, 1927, regarding her experiences in Vienna during Kristallnacht and emigration to England with the Kindertransport, January 1939, in a hostel in Newport and London

Testimony of Gerda (Beruh) Ilan, born in Vienna, Austria, 1927, regarding her experiences in Vienna during Kristallnacht and emigration to England with the Kindertransport, January 1939, in a hostel in Newport and London Life in Vienna; displays of antisemitism. Anschluss (annexation to Germany), March 1938; arrest of her father on Kristallnacht and her father's release; receipt of an affidavit to emigrate to England together with her sister, Sonia; departure for England with the Kindertransport, January 1939; transfer to Newport by the Jewish Agency; life in a hostel established by the Jewish community along with 12 young Jewish girls from Austria and Germany; ban on speaking German; Habonim activities; closure of the hostel and move to a group in north London, 1942; stay in a large hostel established by Rabbi Sheinfeld in London; going out to work; life in the shadow of the severe air-raids on London; contact of the hostel with Bachad; exchange of letters with her father that comes to an end with the start of the war and her father's murder in Buchenwald; exchange of letters with her mother. Aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Mataroa", July 1945.