Gisela Mahler wrote this account of her life so that her
grandchildren could know something about their family. Born in
Vienna when it was the capital of Austria-Hungary, Gisela grew
up during the 1st World War and married just before the threat
of Nazism started to darken Europe. Gisela and her husband came
from Jewish families but were connected with Quakers. Gisela's
husband, Hilo, was a prisoner of war in '14-'18 and was briefly
imprisoned by the Nazis too. Gisela tells the reader of her
escape, with her husband and children, from Austria after the
Nazi take-over, then the ups and downs of setting up home in an
entirely new country. Quietly told, this little book is a story
of great courage and tells us about times which are beginning to
fade from living memory.