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

[DJFRENCH]

Hiya Meles ,

i got the impression that Miss Goldberg was already in London, paid for the Springer family but (maybe she belonged to a Jewish society which was helping more Jews to escape).....am i wrong about that ?

Debz

[DJFRENCH]

yeah Silvery

that sounds like a possible too.

just curious about the woman and wanted to know if they had even tried to trace her. 

Debz

[LizzieW]

Debz - Yes Miss Goldberg was in London, they showed her address on the sponsor form.

Lizzie

[meles]

Missed that. Glad she was OK. There were so many here and in Germany (and elsewhere) that tried to help. And so many in Nazi occupied areas that laid down their lives to save others.

meles

[heywood]

Yes I said earlier that my daughter and I would have hoped that Miss Goldbergs identity would have been explored a little more.
I think people just sponsored - no need for family ties etc. Somehow, I would have thought that with all the records available, something could have been found out about her.
As for the Jewish heritage celebrities, maybe it's just that most of our celebrities have that tradition.
I know they did Graham Norton, who had Irish protestant tradition but  it would be good to get someone with Irish Catholic tradition and find their way around those records. Ease of access must have something to do with their choices too.
Looking forward to Wednesday!

[toni*]

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

these were mentioned but obviously not being related to Jerry Springer werenot followed.

[toni*]

Re Miss Goldberg obviously to sponsor someone £50 to enable their track ito Britian was a big thing, and the horror of what was happening affected most people deeply. but would Miss Goldberg have to have come from some well off family ? or the like to be able to afford £50 in wartime Britain?

[DJFRENCH]

Hiya Toni...how are you 

i would have thought she had money...obviosly from a Jewish background , Jews who had several generations of living in England ??

Without that £50 the whole history would have been changed....THAT £50 would be about £1400 now


Debz

[heywood]

wow- that's a lot of money for someone you don't know- what a good woman!