My Voice

Harry Olmer: My Revenge on Hitler is My Family

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Manchester University Press
29 April 2025

Autobiography: historical, political & military; The Holocaust; Jewish studies

Series: My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors

Harry Olmer was born in 1927 in Sosnowiec, Poland. He and his five siblings had a happy childhood, staying with their grandmother Rochel Leah every summer in Charsznica, a rural area surrounded by woods.

When war broke out, the Germans took over Sosnowiec. In 1942, Harry was taken to a concentration camp in Plaszw, working 12-hour shifts at a railway embankment on a small cup of coffee and lump of bread.

Gruelling labour at Buchenwald and Schlieben left Harry dreadfully ill and liberation couldn't come soon enough. In 1945, he came to England as one of the 'Windermere Boys'. Despite arriving in the UK with nothing, Harry built a successful life, studying dentistry at Glasgow University, marrying Margaret Lunzer, having four children and eight grandchildren and retiring as a dentist at 86.

Harry'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.

By: The Fed
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 174g
ISBN: 9781526192370
ISBN 10: 1526192373
Series: My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 29 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1 My childhood in Poland 2 A lucky escape 3 Germans take over our town 4 Working for the Germans 5 Selections and random shootings 6 My father and brother escape Plaszów 7 Bribing the camp commander 8 Death came in yellow 9 White chocolate at Buchenwald 10 An explosion at Schlieben 11 Fighting for my life in Theresienstadt 12 Becoming human again in Windermere 13 Learning English and making friends 14 Discovering my new career 15 Studying dentistry and dissecting bodies 16 Reuniting with my brother and sister 17 The start of my working life 18 Meeting my wife Margaret 19 A dental officer in the British army 20 Building a practice and our family 21 Going back to my roots in Poland 22 The importance of Holocaust education 23 My brushes with royalty 24 Giving up work, eventually 25 My family and my legacy Glossary My Voice volunteers About The Fed -- .

The Fed is Manchester's leading social care charity serving the Jewish community. In June of 2021, The Fed were awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service for the My Voice Project, the highest possible accolade for a voluntary sector group.

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