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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.
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.
- Memoir
- Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen
- English
- Hachette Book Group
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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.
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 ...
of Lisa Jura, a young Jewish piano prodigy whose life is forever changed by the Kindertransport rescue operation. Set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Austria, we are introduced to Lisa Jura, a talented 14-year-old pianist who dreams of attending the Vienna Academy of Music. However, as mounting anti-Semitism threatens
The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek is a profoundly moving memoir that illuminates the power of music and resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity. Set against the backdrop of World War II, this captivating narrative follows the remarkable journey of Lisa Jura, a young Jewish girl with a prodigious talent for playing the piano.
May 25, 2002 · The Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love and Survival, by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen. Lisa Jura was fourteen-years old and living in pre-World War II Vienna when her parents put her on a Kindertransport train leaving for England.
