“The new laws were decreed by Hitler and the Jews became second-class citizens. Most of them thought probably it’s only a phase, that it would pass.”
Helen Stein
“…As we travelled, the van stopped, and I lifted the curtain in the van and I see a black Citroen and I see Germans going out. They came out with big Alsatian dogs, so we were panicky!”
Helen Stein
“The Manchester community were welcoming when I came. We lived a Jewish life. Some people felt differently about their religion then, because of what happened during the war. They felt victimised; they had lost family. It didn’t change my Judaism.”
Helen Stein