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    My Voice: Ruth Lachs
    My Voice: Ruth Lachs
    My Voice: Ruth Lachs
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    My Voice: Ruth Lachs

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    Ruth Lachs was born in Hamburg in 1936. Following the devastating impact of Kristallnacht, her family decided that they should move to Holland. At the age of six, she narrowly escaped deportation. To hide her Jewish identity, Ruth assumed a new name. Under the pretence of being an orphan, she was taken to a gathering place and hidden overnight in a sand pit to avoid being listed by the Germans to be taken away.

    Ruth married Werner Lachs in August 1962. They met in Holland and settled in Manchester, where they had three children, Joanne, Sharon, and Martin. Ruth went on to work in healthcare at The Christie Hospital and Tameside General. Ruth has spoken to many schoolchildren over the years about her experiences of the Holocaust.

    Ruth’s book is part of the My Voice book collection, a stand-alone project of The Fed, the leading Jewish social care charity in Manchester, dedicated to preserving the life stories of Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution who settled in the UK. The oral history, which is recorded and transcribed, captures their entire lives from before, during and after the war years. The books are written in the words of the survivor so that future generations can always hear their voice. The My Voice book collection is a valuable resource for Holocaust awareness and education.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherManchester University Press
    Release dateSep 10, 2024
    ISBN9781526186812
    My Voice: Ruth Lachs

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      My Voice - The Fed

      Ruth Lachs

      Ruth Lachs

      I was born Ruth Gans

      Manchester University Press
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      Copyright © The Fed 2015, 2022, 2024

      The Fed (being the trading name of The Federation of Jewish Services) is the proprietor or licensee (‘rightsholder’) of all intellectual property rights in relation to this work including but not limited to copyright, content and images. No part of this work may be translated, reprinted, transmitted, reproduced or utilised without prior permission in writing from The Fed and Manchester University Press, except in accordance with permitted uses and provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Regarding images included herein, unless otherwise indicated, all rights are reserved and permission to use figures must be obtained from the rightsholder.

      The Fed has asserted its moral rights as the author of this work. The My Voice collection has been produced using the original recordings of conversations between Fed clients and Fed volunteer befrienders. The My Voice Project is committed to ensuring the work depicts actual life events in survivor’s words, which are as truthful as recollection permits and/or can be verified by research.

      Every effort has been made to contact the copyright owners for the images used in this book. If you have any queries, please contact the publisher.

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Published by Manchester University Press

      Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL

      www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

      ISBN 978 1 5261 8683

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