Many refugees who fled Austria before or during the Second … - Hella Pick

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Many refugees who fled Austria before or during the Second World War still refuse to set foot there. But I, a Kindertransport survivor, have no compunction about visiting my native country and cannot recall being made to feel uncomfortable there.

Hella Pick

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Hella Henrietta Pick CBE (24 April 1927 – 4 April 2024) was an Austrian-born British journalist.

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