Myrna Miriam Bernard

Myrna Miriam Bernard (nee Benjamin, born 1942, Pollok.)

Myrna Benjamin 'ripped a banner from a strike picketer outside her fiance's shop'. She said 'I would do it again'. 'The strikers want to join a union' 'The girl who "saw red"', Daily Record, 7 July 1962.

Activities

1961

• Glasgow Young Zionist Organisation - Hon. Secretary - Myrna Benjamin, 43, Netherpark Avenue, Glasgow, S. 4.

1962

It was on Thursday that 20 year old Myrna "saw red" when she turned up at the shop in Bridgegate, Glasgow, where her fiance, Bernard, has a TV repair service. At her home at 43 Netherpark Avenue, Netherlee, glasgow, Myrna said: "The strikers don't know when they are well off. Harvey is a good boss to them. The workers who stood by him are getting a £1 a week raise".

1980

• A. & M. Benjamin Ltd. 129 Candleriggs, Glasgow, 'dealers of every description'. Capital, £25,000 in £1 shares. Directors Milly Benjamin, Myrna M. Bernard, 8 Seyton Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow.

Career

A grandmother who spent years helping Holocaust survivors before retiring aged 81 has said she is “delighted” to be recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. Myrna Bernard has been awarded the British Empire Medal for services to the Jewish community and to the disabled in Scotland. Mrs Bernard has volunteered and contributed to the Jewish community in Scotland all of her adult life. She volunteered with the charity Jewish Care Scotland for many years before training at what was then North Glasgow College as a social care worker, graduating with distinction at the age of 59.

Mrs Bernard continued working with Jewish Care for around a decade and then found a job working for the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) which helps support Holocaust survivors, many of whom came to the UK on the Kindertransport. She worked for the organisation until she retired in November last year aged 81. Mrs Bernard, who lives in Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire, enjoyed working with survivors and building trust, and said they appreciated the support from the AJR.

Family

• Mother - Milly Benjamin (nee Blass, mother's maiden name Yulovitch - died 2008 in Eastwood and Mearns.)
• Archibald Benjamin (born December 12, 1911, Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom), Death: December 14, 1978 (67))- father - the pair married in 1940 in Blythswood.
• Max Benjamin - uncle.
• Married Harvey Alexander Bernard, 1963, Busby.

Resources

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/jewish-nazi-b2563026.html