Reference code
ZA UCT BC1223_G_G3_G3.3
Title
[Meu3] Polish Immigrants to South Africa (2) (Eng)
Date(s)
- undated (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 items
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Life history of Irma Kolbe who was born in Gollwitzer near Krakow, Poland and moved around 1920 to Leipzig, Germany. She then moved to Berlin and immigrated to England as a domestic servant in 1939. Kolbe married in 1942 and immigrated to South Africa in 1948. Themes include: anti-Semitism; employment at Spirella; England; family background; Hitler youth; immigration; life in Germany prior to Nazi regime; memories of Cape Town; religious upbringing; restricted life under Hitler; Jewish festivals; work as tailor.