Omi’s Story

Omi’s Story is a poignant memoir by Renate Trier, later known as Renée Gallop, chronicling her childhood in pre-war Berlin and her emigration to England. Born in 1924, Renate’s idyllic early years were disrupted by the rise of the Nazis, leading her family to flee Germany in 1936. Through vivid recollections she shares her experiences of growing up in a secular Jewish family, the emergence of antisemitism, her family’s emigration journey and the challenges of adapting to a new life in England. This memoir was written in 2000 for her children and grandchildren as a personal testament against Holocaust denial which also records a vanished bourgeois lifestyle. Illustrated with family photographs and enriched with personal anecdotes, Omi’s Story is a heartfelt narrative that captures the resilience of a family amidst the turmoil of history.