My parents. We didn’t realise how absolutely desperate they were when we left Germany, because my father couldn’t earn anything. A letter turned up fairly recently in which he said, “We’ve been through a terrible time because Julia [my mother] never stopped talking about suicide and not just for herself, but to take the children with her.”
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Judith Kerr
British writer and illustrator
Germany / United Kingdom · 1923–2019
Arts and letters
Born in Berlin, Kerr, 95, fled the Nazis in 1933 and settled in England at the age of 12. She studied at the Central School of Art and Design and worked as a BBC scriptwriter. In 1968 she published her first picture book, The Tiger Who Came To Tea. Her other titles include When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and the Mog series. She is a widow, has two children and lives in London.
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Not having longer legs.
Nothing, really, because it was all interesting.
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