Short summary
Professor Bogdanow left her fortunes to Manchester University which will use the money for projects, lectures around Holocaust memorial Day. The article praise Prof Bogdanow who overcame adversity to become a leading scholar in her field and who was much valued in her team
Date of publication
Author
Deborah Linton
What do we learn
Holocaust refugee who fled Nazi Germany leaves £1.5m to Manchester University where she became leading academic Bogdanow was a remarkable scholar with a remarkable story. She was able
to conquer extreme adversity to become one of the leading scholars in
her field and a valued member of the university community. She came to
Britain in 1939 as an 11-year-old refugee on the Kindertransport, which
exiled 10,000 Jewish children to safety from Nazi-occupied Europe.
keywords
holocaust refugee who overcame adversity, became a leading scholar, left her money to university where she worked
City
Manchester