The obituary notice of Annerose Lore Barbara GUTKIND

Miss Gutkind taught me German to A-Level at Woking Girls' Grammar School: I loved it, and her, from day one, and carried on to study German and French at Southampton University. She was a lovely teacher, and I am forever grateful to her.

Miss Gutkind taught me to A level at Woking Girls Grammar. She was lovely, patient and with a wonderful sense of humour. She developed links for us with a school in ULM and 50 years later, I still have that German friend and our families have met regularly. In view of her difficult flight from Germany as a teenager, I am so glad she lived such a full and long life . I cannot attend her funeral due to distance and health issues but hope her passing can be marked by others she inspired .

She was the cousin of my grandmother and they grew up like sisters. For me and my mother she was like an aunt and we wish we could have had more contact, especially in the last four years. My grandmother has been really sad to find out her beloved Barbaröschen passed away and she would really like to know if there are some kinds of family or family like friends left that will take good care of her funeral.

Dearly loved cousin, always known as Bommie. It's great to see the tributes from her teacher colleagues at Guildford – I can recognise that laugh they describe.
She rarely spoke about her past, but she came over to the UK in 1938, aged 12, with her parents. Of Jewish ancestry, they had to flee Germany. They were sponsored in this by my grandfather, and Barbara spent some of
her teenage years at his house In London, along with my slightly older mother and her siblings. The Gutkinds eventually settled in Guildford. Her father Walter, a distinguished judge in Germany, found work as a hospital porter in Guildford. None of them ever complained at their fate.
Barbara was a wonderful cousin, always helpful, always welcoming, always of service.

I worked with Barbara for the last six years of her teaching career at the RGS. She was an excellent teacher and colleague. Her standards were extremely high but she was also kind, patient and caring with pupils and staff alike. I loved it when she laughed, both at herself and at situations, it was such a young and infectious laugh.
R.I.P, Barbara.

Cliff Grace

Barbara as she was known to me, was Head of German at the Royal Grammar School Guildford when I joined the department in 1982.
Her dedication, kindness and professionalism was unsurpassed and generations of RGS boys benefitted from her wisdom and care.
RIP
Eleanor Mcintyre