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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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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.
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.
- Emil Sher, Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen
- Mar 28, 2017
- 031655488X
- 8-12
Along with 30 other refugee children, Jura is sent to a hostel at 243 Willesden Lane, north London. Playing 14-year-old Jura on stage is renowned American concert pianist, Mona Golabek, her real ...
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 ...
Aug 8, 2016 · Lisa Jura’s story. Each child – including Lisa Jura – had their own extraordinary story. Lisa, who dreamed of becoming a concert pianist, was only 13 when she came over from Vienna on the Kindertransport. To pay for music lessons she first became a maid and then worked in a factory making army uniforms.
