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Family Collection. Lisa Jura was born on April 21, 1924 in Vienna, Austria to Abraham and Malka Jura. Lisa and her two sisters, Rosie and Sonia, enjoyed a happy childhood enriched by their parents’ Jewish faith and love of music. From a young age, Lisa showed natural talent for playing the piano and dreamt of becoming a concert pianist.
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 their parents and brought to England for safety before World War II.
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May 15, 2024 · Lisa Jura was a 14-year-old musical prodigy whose parents were offered the chance to send one of their three children; they chose her. In a home for refugee As the Nazi regime rose — and people began to suspect its aims — one program, the Kindertransport, brought 10,000 children into the United Kingdom for safety.
- Emil Sher, Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen
- Mar 28, 2017
- 031655488X
- 8-12
Hachette Book Group. ISBN. 978-0-446-69027-0. 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.
Mar 12, 2015 · Jura’s story is told by her daughter, Mona Golabek, and co-author Lee Cohen, in The Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport, A Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival (Grand Central ...
To Willesden Lane, p.72 To Mrs. Canfield's house, p.147 ¶6 Acceptance to Royal Academy p. 213 ¶3 Piano at the Howard Hotel p.225 Meeting Michael Jura p. 238 ¶2, p.268 ¶4 War is Over p.244 ¶1 Moving to Mrs. Canfield's p.258 ¶7 Rosie & Leo's arrival p. 259 ¶5 Concert at Wigmore Hall p. 264 ¶6 Getting her sister out p.47 ¶2 p.48 ¶4 p.59 ...
Jul 4, 2002 · THE CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival By Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen Warner 272 pages, $23.95 Mona Golabek's memoir of her late mother ...
