As a child in Warsaw, like so many others, Danny suffered many of the horrors of the Nazi occupation: the loss of his father, who never returned from forced labour; the daily fears of a child in hiding, whose mother was living on a false identity card; and the...
Born Hans Lehrberger in Germany in 1922, an only child, he writes of an unhappy childhood with few friends. When his father died suddenly, his mother took him to Switzerland, where she had relatives. The young boy fell instantly in love with Switzerland, loved...
The youngest of three sons born to a master shoemaker in Nyírbogát, Hungary, Miklos Wirth recalls a delightful childhood. Learning to play violin from his mother and picking fruit in the family orchard where ‘the air was so fresh you could cut it’. In May 1944 Miklos...
In 2023, LJLA is offering 1-on-1 IT Training and Support sessions with Cynthia Pollak OAM. Cynthia Pollak OAM has had a distinguished career in IT, alongside her outstanding work as founder of Jewish Bereaved Parents. Cynthia now lends her computer expertise to the...
The LJLA Turning The Pages Book Club is back again! Join us on November 27 for an enlightened discussion about Kelly Rimmer’s ‘The German Wife’. Book Club will commence from 10:30am at the Lamm Jewish Library of Australia. If you’d like to find...
