She first worked as an Au Pair and subsequently had several different jobs. To contribute to the war effort, she joined the RAF Women's Auxiliary Air Force in 1943. In the RAF she worked as wireless operator. Returning to her homeland after the end of the war in 1945, she discovered that almost all of her family had perished in the Holocaust. She returned to England, where she studied at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, and then worked as a psychologist. Together with her husband, an anthropologist, she also spent eight years living in Africa, specifically in Malawi and Uganda. Mrs Hamilton, who now lives in Oxford, celebrated her 104th birthday in December 2024. We were able to discover Mrs Hamilton during the filming of Children of Heroes and you can look forward to a special episode soon in which you will be able to hear her full story.