My father, Edgar Neufeld, who has died aged 92, was a Jewish refugee from the Nazis who became a scientist and senior IBM executive. He then dedicated himself to charitable work in education, for which he was made an OBE in 2003.
After the family escaped from Vienna in 1938, Edgar grew up with his parents, Martha (nee Fuchs) and Sigi Neufeld, and his sister, Inge, in Manchester in a block of flats that was home to many other Jewish refugees. Sigi was a businessman and Martha later owned a gift boutique in London. Life gradually became more normal, and Edgar attended Manchester grammar school and Manchester City football matches.
