Henry Wuga: June 1989
Henry Wuga: Wedding day
Henry Wuga: Kiddush cup (Becher) presented to HW on his Bar Mitzvah in Nürnberg in 1938
Henry Wuga: Child visa
Henry Wuga: October 2004
Henry Wuga: Mother
Henry Wuga: 2024
Henry Wuga: October 2004
Henry Wuga
Henry Wuga MBE was born in 1924 in Nuremberg to a Jewish mother and non-Jewish father in the catering trade
Born: 1924
Place of Birth: Nuremberg
Arrived in Britain: 04/05/1939
Interview Number: 74 (N)
Experiences: British Internment - Isle of Man , Kindertransport
Interview Summary
Henry Wuga MBE was born in 1924 in Nuremberg to a Jewish mother and non-Jewish father in the catering trade. He was educated at the Realschule, then at all Jewish school in F?rth. He was sent on the Kindertransport in 1939 to Glasgow and was looked after by the local Jewish community. He was charged with ‘corresponding with the enemy’ in 1940 and interned on Isle of Man, though below age. He returned to Glasgow and set up successful catering business. He experienced no prejudice in Scotland, which he describes as very inclusive, though shocked by Catholic/Protestant divide. He was awarded an MBE for work with limbless ex-servicemen. He married a Kindertransportee and they have two children.
Place of Birth
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