"Many refugees who fled Austria before or during the Second World War still refuse to set foot there. But I, a Kindertransport survivor, have no compunction about visiting my native country and cannot recall being made to feel uncomfortable there."
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Jews from the United KingdomPeople from ViennaCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireWomen born in the 1920sWomen journalists from the United Kingdom
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Hella Pick
Hella Henrietta Pick CBE (24 April 1927 – 4 April 2024) was an Austrian-born British journalist.
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