STAR IN MY SHADOW
Jane Haining
Written by Jane two days before she was killed, postmarked four days after her death.
I remember silver birds...April 3rd 1944 fortepan 24348
You helped me down the spiral stairs
The musty cellar and the rats...
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We don't recognise mercy / Am I a military target, too? fortepan72728
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We saw them take you...
School courtyard.
Nightingale
Written by her daughter, Monica Porter
From 'Cigarette Smoke' 1943
At home. The bookcase also provided a hiding place.
The Majestic's address
The Majestc in the early 80s. Monica Porter's photograph.
The former hotel is now a block of studio apartments.
Main entrance to the fortress
The firewood stores were used to hold and torture detainees. Untoched since the war.
Father Run, Arrow Cross squad leader in a Minorite habit. Executed in 1946 on testimony of Vera Somló, from whose perspective the lyrics were written.
Vera Somló, aged 24, on the left.
New Hungarian edition of Deadly Carousel.
In the studio
With Innotet: Seonaid Aitken, Innes Watson, Patsy Reid, Alice Allen
Andrea Gobbi engineering at GloWorm, Glasgow
Backing Vocals for Nightingale with Seoanid Aitken and Innes Watson
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