It was a time of destruction of lives and futures and of rebirth and rebuilding.
The forced exodus leads him to North America, first to Vancouver, then to New York and a life that melds his original culture with that of his new environment, creating a richness-in Science and music, and in intellectual and political life-that transcends both..
The seemingly stable atmosphere of his Childhood in Vienna is destroyed by the Anschluss, the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany.
In his lively style with a wide sweep of insights Peter Lindenfeld recounts his personal and often intimate experiences, a microcosm of life during a time spanning nearly a century.
It was a time of destruction of lives and futures and of rebirth and rebuilding
