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The Children of Willesden Lane is a memoir by Mona Golabek, documenting the life of her mother, Lisa, from the time she left Vienna, Austria to the end of World War II. It has been adapted into a film and an organization formed in honor of the book, that is dedicated to empowering people with the arts.
Feb 23, 2017 · The Children of Willesden Lane is the powerful true story of Lisa Jura, who fled Nazi-occupied Vienna on the Kindertransport as a child. Jura was one of 10,000 young refugees who were separated from her parents and brought to England for safety before World War II.
May 15, 2024 · Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist. But when Hitler's armies advanced on pre-war Vienna, Lisa's parents were forced to make a difficult decision. Able to secure passage for only one of their three daughters through the Kindertransport, they chose to send gifted Lisa to London for safety.
- Emil Sher, Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen
- Mar 28, 2017
- 031655488X
- 8-12
Mar 30, 2016 · By Leo Barraclough. Courtesy of Alastair Muir/REX/Shutterstock. LONDON — BBC Films has partnered with Robert Shapiro, who was an exec producer on “Empire of the Sun,” to produce the movie...
- Leo Barraclough
Apr 12, 2023 · Performed by Grammy-nominated pianist Mona Golabek, The Children of Willesden Lane is the true account of her mother Lisa Jura’s experience as a Jewish child refugee and musical prodigy who escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport to the United Kingdom just before the Second World War.
THE CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE is a wonderful little book --- at times heartbreaking but, ultimately, inspirational. It tells the true story of Lisa Jura, who in 1938 was a promising 14-year-old pianist living happily in Vienna with her close-knit Jewish family and dreaming of following the musical footsteps of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and ...
Nov 1, 2003 · Based on the true story of her mother, Mona Golabek describes the inspirational story of Lisa Jura’s escape from Nazi-controlled Austria to England on the famed Kindertransport. Jewish musical prodigy Lisa Jura has a wonderful life in Vienna.
