Points of Arrival Films

  • Full Compilation

    Five stories of Jewish migration to Scotland in the 19th and 20th centuries, told by contemporary narrators.

    Available in Original or Subtitled versions.

  • Trailer

    Trailer for a series of 5 short films made by the Jewish Lives/Scottish Spaces team.

    Available in Original or Subtitled versions.

  • Hilda Goldwag

    Hilda Goldwag was born in Vienna in 1912. In 1939 she fled to Scotland to escape Nazi persecution.

    Available in Original or Subtitled versions.

  • Isaac Hirshow

    Synagogue cantor Isaac Hirshow was born to a poor family in Russia in 1883. In 1922, he and his family emigrated to Glasgow and Isaac began work in the Gorbals.

    Available in Original or Subtitled versions.

  • Annie Lindey

    This is the story of Annie Lindey, who moved to Edinburgh from Russia in the late 19th century.

    Available in Original or Subtitled versions.

  • Dorrith Sim

    Dorrith Sim was one of the thousands of Jewish children who arrived in the UK in 1939 on what became known as the Kindertransport.

    Available in Original or Subtitled versions.

  • Henry Wuga

    Henry Wuga arrived in Glasgow from Nuremberg as a teenage refugee. On leaving school, he began a successful career as a caterer and raised a family with his wife Ingrid.

    Available in Original or Subtitled versions.