Item 04: Holocaust survivors from Germany ; Renate Harding interviewed by Anita Fisher, 1991

MLOH 500/115

item

02/10/1991

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories

997041

Sound Recording : CY MLOH 500/115

1 sound cassette (1 hr.)

Renate Harding, nee Stern, was born in Recklinghausen, Germany in 1930. Her father left Germany in 1933 when, as a Jew, he was no longer allowed to practise law. He set up a small farm in Waschbank, South Africa. Renate followed with her mother later. At school she experienced anti-German bias in spite of being Jewish. After her matriculation the family moved to Johannesburg and Renate studied Dietetics at Pretoria University. She attained a scholarship which enabled her to go to the U.S.A. to study, before returning to Pretoria to attain her Masters degree. In January 1960 Renate went to Perth to take up a job at the Royal Perth Hospital, before coming to Sydney to work for the Health Department in 1966.

In copyright:
Approval for reproduction required: Contact Senior Librarian (Team Leader), Original Materials - Manuscripts
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Log of interview available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Original Mitchell Library allocated tape number 51.