Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

Siegfried Pollack's parents were able to send him to Britain on the Kindertransport, a local committee in Edinburgh having raised the necessary funds.

In 1939, Otto Braun was sent to Whittinghame Farm School after he arrived in Britain via Kindertransport.
In late June, 1940, Otto Braun was arrested, and given over for special treatment, while some of his friends were sent to internment camps in places like the Isle of Mann.
He was sent to Glasgow as a prisoner.
He, and fellow Jewish prisoners, were marched through the streets of Glasgow, to be deported to Canada.

In 1939, Ester Dobkowsky was sent to Whittinghame Farm School after she arrived in Britain via Kindertransport.
She joined a MI HA, Middle Hachshara.

From 1939 to 1941, Joseph Folger lived at Whittinghame Farm School.

From 1939 to 1941, Sonja Ibermann lived at Whittinghame Farm School.

In July, Harry Nomburg went to live at Whittinghame Farm School.

In July, 1939, Ruth Peschel went to live at Whittinghame Farm School.

Siegfried Pollack was sent to Whittingehame Farm School, where he learned to speak English, his cousin, John Katz, having provided a German-English dictionary.
His plan of emigrating from Britain to Palestine failed.

Siegfried Pollak resumed his studies, with John Katz contributing the fees, and he passed the London Matric,

Siegfried Pollak won a place at the London School of Economics. and he passed the first year of the course, the London BSc (Econ) Intermediate, on a correspondence basis.

After the war, Sidney Pollard resumed his place at the London School of Economics.

Sidney Pollard completed a doctorate on the subject of the British shipbuilding industry between 1870 and 1914.

Siegfried Pollak officially changed his name to Sidney Pollard.

In 1946-1947, Sidney Pollard left the British Army with the rank of Corporal.

Sidney Pollard worked as a part-time lecturer for the London Services committee and at Westminster College, Oxford.

In 1950, Sidney Pollard took a research fellowship at the University of Sheffield.

In 1952, the department at the University of Sheffield created an assistant lectureship, for Sidney Pollard, in Economic History.
The position was renewed in 1955.

In 1980, Sidney Pollard resigned his post at Sheffield University, and took up work at Bielefeld University in West Germany, alongside Jürgen Kocka and Hans-Ulrich Wehler.

In 1990, Sidney Pollard retired, and returned with Helen to England.