Heinz Skyte's Story

Heinz is from Fuerth, near Nuremberg in Germany, a hotbed of Nazi support where his family felt the full force of anti-Jewish legislation.  Heinz and his brother escaped to England in 1939 and their parents joined them just days before the outbreak of war.

The Skyte brothers were designated 'enemy aliens' by the Leeds authorities and sent to an internment camp in Canada.  On his return Heinz married Thea in 1945, she was a fellow Jewish refugee who had arrived by Kindertransport.  Heinz is a Life President of the Holocaust Survivors Friendship Association (HSFA).

Watch the series of 10 short videos (see links below) and hear Heinz relating his experiences in Germany and England during the years immediately prior to and following the outbreak of the Second World War.