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Oskar Blechner was fortunate to come to Britain. Those who went to the
other countries were later to find themselves again under Nazi rule and many were to
perish in the Holocaust.
But life in the UK was not entirely without difficulty. The refugees were
viewed as enemy aliens, in some cases interned on the Isle of Man, sometimes in the same
barracks as German Nazi sympathisers. Bearing Polish citizenship, Oskar was able
to avoid this and quickly sought to
establish himself, initially manufacturing belts. He also found a new girlfriend... |
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On June
13 news came that
refuge had been secured in four countries, Britain, France, Belgium and Holland. The boat
arrived in Antwerp on June 17 where the passengers were split up, those for Britain and
France transferring to a smaller ship.