Marion Lesser
ML in 2003
Mother Tona Mother Tona Bukofzer, ca. 1922
Father, Leo Oschitzky, 1930s
Sister, Judith Oschitzky, born 12th august 1936
Alfred Oschitzky and Marion Oschitzky, ca. 1927/28
Berlin, 1939
With friend Margot Harley aka Scottie, in the uniform of the Land Army, UK, 1945
Wedding to Cyril, Linloss Gardens Shul on 2nd July 1946 - on the right brother-in-law and parents-in-law on the left Auntie Clara, Julia Bukofzer and Leo Bukofzer
Wedding to Cyril, Kinloss Gardens Shul, 2nd July 1946
Letters from her parents in Berlin, “they won’t mean anything to anybody else any more, I don't think. Only to me.
Letter from her parents, Berlin August 1939
Correspondance
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Marion Lesser
Marion Lesser (nee Oschitsky) was born in Berlin 1925. She came to the UK in 1939 on the Kinderstransport. She was evacuated with the Westminster Jewish Free School to Wiltshire and stayed with an English family and went to the local school for two years. She came back to London and stayed in a girl’s hostel and boarding house in Walm Lane, Cricklewood. She learned dressmaking and then volunteered for the Land Army in 1943 (as one of the few Jewish girls). She stayed in a hostel with 40 other girls in Cuffley near Hertford. This is where she met her husband who she married in 1946.
Born: 1925
Place of Birth: Berlin
Interview Number: RV 2
Experiences: Bergen-Belsen , Concentration Camps , Kindertransport , Land Army
Interview Summary
Date of interview: 01/10/2024
Interviewer: Dr Bea Lewkowicz
Marion Lesser (nee Oschitsky) was born in Berlin 1925. She came to the UK in 1939 on the Kinderstransport. She was evacuated with the Westminster Jewish Free School to Wiltshire and stayed with an English family and went to the local school for two years. She came back to London and stayed in a girl’s hostel and boarding house in Walm Lane, Cricklewood. She learned dressmaking and then volunteered for the Land Army in 1943 (as one of the few Jewish girls). She stayed in a hostel with 40 other girls in Cuffley near Hertford. This is where she met her husband who she married in 1946.
