From Kindertransport to Post-war Sweden

This memoir is the story of Lucie Widl (1930-2023), born in Vienna

and, due to her Jewish background, sent to the United Kingdom

as a child refugee following the Nazi annexation of Austria. She

recounts her childhood, her experiences with the Kindertransport

refugee scheme in Scotland, her post-war years with vocational

training in London and travels across Europe and North Africa, and

her eventual settlement in Sweden. There she started a family and

came into close contact with the medical facilities of the welfare

state. With its keen observations, trenchant commentary, dry humor,

and hopeful aspirations, Lucie Widl's firsthand account vividly brings

history to life.

This publication includes additional research, annotations, and an introduction

by Norbert G tz, professor at the Institute of Contemporary History

at S dert rn University