Eva Evans: Aged 14
Eva Evans: July 2006
Eva Evans: Robert and Eva Evans on their wedding day with their mothers
Eva Evans: Mother's parents
Eva Evans: Mother Annie and her brother Albert
Eva Evans: Husband Robert Evans
Eva Evans: With parents Doctor Felix Klopfstock and Annie Klopfstock
Eva Evans: July 2006
Eva Evans: With her mother Annie
Eva Evans: In the British Fire Service during the war
Eva Evans: Lilli Klapstock
Eva Evans
Eva Evans was born on 9 March 1924 in Berlin to a non-religious/secular family
Born: 1924
Place of Birth: Berlin
Arrived in Britain: 07/01/2025
Interview Number: 127 (S)
Experiences: Came With Parents or Close Family
Interview Summary
Eva Evans was born on 9 March 1924 in Berlin to a non-religious/secular family. She started studying at Cäcilien Schule, and in 1938 left for the Jewish Lessler Schule.
Eva left Germany with all of her family in December 1938. At first they lived in Swiss Cottage, and Eva attended Camden School for girls. After a year later they left for Devonshire, and later they settled in North Devon. When the war broke out her father was interned, and Eva herself served in the National Fire Service.
Place of Birth
When things got bad and my father was not allowed to work anymore, a German doctor was put into our surgery in a bigger part. Our flat was divided. We had to live at the back and this other doctor had the surgery in the front. My father had to come up the back stairs which was such an indignity for him. He took it all in his stride and made no preparations to emigrate whatsoever.
As regards leaving Germany, it’s a question of language. After that my earliest hope of being a writer – that finished. I never felt that I could write in English the way I could have done in German. But then I put that aside. I’ve been happy to have all these different experiences.
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