Vera Gissing

Vera Gissing (born Věra Diamantová; 4 July 1928 – 12 March 2022[1]) was a Czech-British writer, translator, and one of "Winton's children", the children saved by the actions of Nicholas Winton. Her sister, who accompanied her on the kindertransport, was the diarist and nurse Eva Hayman.[1]

Vera Gissing
Born
Věra Diamantová

(1928-07-04)4 July 1928
Čelákovice, Czechoslovakia
Died12 March 2022(2022-03-12) (aged 93)
NationalityBritish

Life

Gissing was born in Čelákovice near Prague on 4 July 1928.[2] She was one of the Czechoslovak Jewish children in 1939 who was rescued from transport to the United Kingdom by British broker and humanitarian Nicholas Winton.[3] After the end of World War II, when most of her family perished in concentration camps during the Holocaust, she returned to Czechoslovakia, where she lived until 1948, then emigrated again to the United Kingdom, where she resided.[4] Her story was depicted in a 2021 book by Peter Sís, called Nicky & Vera.[4]

Gissing is the author of the autobiographical book Perličky dětství, composed "not only of personal memories of the pre-war and war years, but also of diary entries and letters that Věra wrote mainly with her parents and later with her sister."[3]

Bibliography
  • Pearls of Childhood, 1990
  • Perličky dětství, 1992.
  • Nicholas Winton: The Power of Good, 2002.

References
  1. "Vera Gissing, Who Was Rescued by 'Britain's Schindler,' Dies at 93". The New York Times. 29 March 2022.
  2. Špaček, Jaroslav (2002). Dům u Diamantů. Čelákovice: Městské muzeum. p. 522.
  3. Knihy - Věra Gissingová - Perličky dětství. Český dialog. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  4. "Vera Gissing, one of Winton' children, has died aged 93". english.radio.cz. 16 March 2022.
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