BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #3: Jerry Springer

[Grothenwell]

It actually says his parents never talked about it.

Perhaps it was never talked about because of "guilt" that they escaped but their mothers didn't. Survivor guilt syndrome?

[LizzieW]

I have been really moved by all the programmes about previous celebrities, particularly those who are/have Jewish backgrounds.  I suppose it is because their stories are going to be more interesting to the general public, but WDYTYA does seem to concentrate on Jewish celebs.  This week Esther Rantzen and in previous programmes we've had Jerry Springer, David Baddiel, Stephen Fry, Nigella Lawson to name a few.  Are we going to get a similar story regarding David Suchet I wonder.

Lizzie

[toni*]

i know its repeated, thank you 
but i wanted to watch it when it first comes out! so to speask
anyhow perhaps i could watch the other programme on iplayer (or the equivilent) 

[DJFRENCH]

hello, sorry if this has already been mentioned

but i would have loved the programme to have traced the MIss Goldberg who paid the £50 for the family to escape to Britain.....

it was a very good programm and very moving.....i am not a fan of Jerry Springer  normally


Debz

[toni*]

yes Miss Goldberg would have been good, if Jerry met with some of her descendents

Hi Debz how are you?

[meles]

The tragic story of those who went to the camps is now well known. The brave souls (and there were many) who defied the Nazi governemt and helped them is less well known. It would have been good to see that.

Also the fact that the disabled, gypsies, gays, and other "undesirables" were also subject to the wicked regime.

meles

[LizzieW]

but i would have loved the programme to have traced the MIss Goldberg who paid the £50 for the family to escape to Britain.....

I said that to my husband at the time, but I think the paperwork said she was aged about 30, and with no clues other than her address it might have been difficult.  It did occur to me that for the Springer family to have known her, (unless she just sponsored a random family), she mightt have come from Germany herself.

Toni -
Maybe Miss Goldberg didn't have any descendants.


Lizzie  

[meles]

Toni -
Maybe Miss Goldberg didn't have any descendants.

Perhaps she was caught.... 

meles

[silvery]

I have a feeling that the Jewish community, also perhaps the Red Cross and other organisations, advertised for sponsors.

Vague memories.................