The Jewish refugee who welcomed Winston Churchill to Aberdeen in 1946
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He was one of the most famous figures in the history of the 20th century.
And she was a refugee from the horrors of Nazism who arrived in the north-east of Scotland just before the start of the Second World War.
Yet, while there might seem to be little in common between Sir Winston Churchill and Ernestine Young, they met in unlikely circumstances when the wartime leader received the Freedom of Aberdeen in 1946.
Churchill had plenty of connections with Dundee, where he had served as an MP for many years, but didn’t make many official visits to the Granite City.
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