Out of Tune (17 page)

Rae, my mother
(on the right),
in 1936
in Czestochowa, Poland, at age 16.

Rae and Peter Helfgott just after their
engagement, in Melbourne. (MIRIAM LEMISH)

Rae and Peter Helfgott on their wedding day in Melbourne, 1944,
Back row, left to right:
Mrs. Stark, David Granek, Peter Helfgott, Morry Granek, Mrs. Lew.
Front row:
Rebecca Granek, Esther Lew, Rae Helfgott, Miram Stark, Shirley Lew.

Peter and Rae Helfgott with Margaret in 1945

Rae Helfgott on her wedding day, 1944.

Photo of Peter Helfgott s sister Hannah Helfgott and her passport documentation. She also suffered from mental illness and
was hospitalized for most of her life. (MARGARET HELFGOTT)

David at 12.

My brother Leslie practicing on his violin, at age 10 or 11, in Perth.

Margaret Helfgott, practicing for the Concerto & Vocal competition in Perth, 1967. (WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS)

The family in Highgate, 1960.
Back row, from left:
David, Rae with baby Louise, and Margaret.
Front row:
Suzie and Leslie. (PETER HELFGOTT)

Margaret at 15, with David, 13, in the back yard of our home in Perth, 1961. (PETER HELFGOTT)

Peter giving the young David a lesson. David was enraptured with the piano from the moment he could touch the keys. David
wrote a tribute to his father in the newspaper after he died. (MARGARET HELFGOTT)

My parents outside Perth Zoo in 1962. (MARGARET HELFGOTT)