Ernest Simon
ES: "Aged ca. eighteen
ES: November 2018
ES: Family portrait with parents and younger brother Karl
ES: Paternal grandfather
ES: Reverse side of the document that allowed ES into Britain
ES: "Wedding day
ES: First day at school
ES: November 2018
ES: Bachelor Degree of Commerce of Leeds University
ES: Parents in the early 1950s in North Yorkshire
ES: Son Martin
ES: Wedding photo with his wife Anita
ES: "Official document issued by the British government
ES: Father's apprenticeship diplom is issued by the Fachgenossenschaft der Schuhmacher in Eisenstadt. Which is the trade association of shoe makers in Eisenstadt
ES: Paternal grandmother
ES: "Wearing Lederhosen. The leather shorts. You can see that from the braces
ES: Father's apprenticeship diplom is issued by the Fachgenossenschaft der Schuhmacher in Eisenstadt. Which is the trade association of shoe makers in Eisenstadt
ES: National Service in the Royal Air Force 1951-1953
Ernest Simon
Born: 1930
Place of Birth: Eisenstadt
Arrived in Britain: 13/01/1939
Interview Number: RV228
Interview Summary
Date of interview: 09/11/2018
Ernest (Ernst) Simon was born in 1930 in Eisenstadt but the family moved to Vienna’s Jewish district after the Anschluss in March 1938. After the violence of Kristallnacht, Ernest was put on a Kindertransport, received by an aunt already working as a domestic in the UK, who also facilitated the arrival of his parents and brother Kurt. After the war Ernest’s parents opened a fine ladies’ handbags shop. Naturalised in 1948, Ernest served two years in the Royal Air Force and having studied Commerce/Economics with languages at Leeds University held various management positions at ICI in, among other countries, Germany and Hungary. Ernest has been involved in the Holocaust Educational Trust for several years, giving talks about his experiences.