Eric-Sanders

Hi there,

Thank you for your question.

Yes, I do watch a TV series called Foyle's War (a British TV Series) which is about a policeman's work during the war. The background is brilliant, the meticulous research of the civilians and they really understand the different reactions some people had to the war. I would really love to meet the writer (Anthony Horowitz).

Edit: Can anyone here help me to meet him!?

Hi there,

This is quite a hard question. A memory that showed me the high state of civilisation in England. When I watched people buying newspapers from a newspaper stand and the salesman left the stand but with a sign on how much the newspapers cost. The people continued to pay!

Hi there,

I don't really cook so I don't have any recipes but a great favourite thing to eat of mine is Poppy Seed Cake (Mohnstrudel). I also, like many Viennese, love Apfelstrudel (Apple Strudel). Some other non-dessert food are very typical Austrian meals such as Wiener Schnitzel and Goulash.

Hi there,

Many thanks for your question.

When I left I knew that the Nazis were anti-semitic but I saw my leaving as more that Austria was throwing me out. I only started to realise the true extent when I was out of Austria in England, after hearing about Kristallnacht (November 1938, two months or so after I arrived in England). My father, who had great difficulty in getting to England was held in a prison in Belgium because his visitors visa had expired and I was worried that they were going to send him back. Luckily they didn't, Belgium changed their policy under pressure from the USA and UK governments who promised to absorb all of these people.

Hi there, thanks for your question!

1) Yes, well my parents and I each emigrated separately to England so eventually we were reunited in London. My Brother went to Palestine. Some of my other family went to America, Australia and South Africa. However I found out about these mostly after the war.

2) I did not have a landlady, with the SOE I was stationed mostly in stately homes (which were very comfortable!) and when I had leave I would go back to my parent's home.

3) Some aspects of my language, for example when I was told to ask the bus conductor to drop me off somewhere I only understood one meaning of drop (something like a trap door or dropping an item) so I was quite confused!