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'''Jona Spiegel''' (M / Austria, 1941) | '''Jona Spiegel / Jackie Young ''' (M / Austria, 1941) | ||
* <Austria> <[[Theresienstadt]]> <[[Liberation of Theresienstadt]]> / <[[Windermere Children]]> | * <Austria> <[[Theresienstadt]]> / <[[Liberation of Theresienstadt]]> / <England> <[[Windermere Children]]> | ||
* [https://45aid.org/052/ '45 Aid Society] -- [http://missing-identity.net/jona-spiegel-wien-austria-ghetto-theresienstadt-czeck-republic/ Missing Identity] | * [https://45aid.org/052/ '45 Aid Society] -- [http://missing-identity.net/jona-spiegel-wien-austria-ghetto-theresienstadt-czeck-republic/ Missing Identity] | ||
NOTES : Jona Spiegel was born in Vienna | NOTES: Jona Spiegel was born in Vienna on Dec 18, 1941. Only the name of the mother is indicated in the birth certificate. In the summer 1942, Jona's mother was sent to die, while Jona was taken alone on Sept 24, 1942 and deported to Theresienstadt when he was only nine months old. He was three years old at the time of liberation, and was sent with the other toddlers to Bulldogs Bank after his arrival in England. A Jewish family in London adopted him when he was five, and he became Jackie Young. Like many adoptive parents of the era, Jackie’s new mother and father did not tell him about his past, and so he learned the truth through a series of shocking, accidental revelations. When he was around ten years old, a schoolmate revealed that Jackie was adopted; a few years later, Jackie learned that he had not been born in Britain. Most shocking of all, he learned only when he was 20 that he had survived a Nazi concentration camp and that his real name was Jona Spiegel. He has worked for decades to learn more about his birth mother, Elsa, and his family of origin, all of whom the Nazis murdered. | ||
[[Category:Holocaust Children's Biographies (subject)|1941 | [[Category: Holocaust Children's Biographies (subject)|1941 Spiegel]] | ||
[[Category:Theresienstadt (subject)|1941 | [[Category:Theresienstadt (subject)|1941 Spiegel]] | ||
[[Category:Windermere Children (subject)|1941 | [[Category:Liberation of Theresienstadt (subject)|1941 Spiegel]] | ||
[[Category:Windermere Children (subject)|1941 Spiegel]] | |||
Revision as of 07:53, 6 April 2020
Jona Spiegel / Jackie Young (M / Austria, 1941)
- <Austria> <Theresienstadt> / <Liberation of Theresienstadt> / <England> <Windermere Children>
NOTES: Jona Spiegel was born in Vienna on Dec 18, 1941. Only the name of the mother is indicated in the birth certificate. In the summer 1942, Jona's mother was sent to die, while Jona was taken alone on Sept 24, 1942 and deported to Theresienstadt when he was only nine months old. He was three years old at the time of liberation, and was sent with the other toddlers to Bulldogs Bank after his arrival in England. A Jewish family in London adopted him when he was five, and he became Jackie Young. Like many adoptive parents of the era, Jackie’s new mother and father did not tell him about his past, and so he learned the truth through a series of shocking, accidental revelations. When he was around ten years old, a schoolmate revealed that Jackie was adopted; a few years later, Jackie learned that he had not been born in Britain. Most shocking of all, he learned only when he was 20 that he had survived a Nazi concentration camp and that his real name was Jona Spiegel. He has worked for decades to learn more about his birth mother, Elsa, and his family of origin, all of whom the Nazis murdered.