AHC interview with Heinz Reischer.

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May 2, 20180:00:20-0:07:48 Overview of life in Vienna and Brussels0:07:51-0:10:46, 1:13:18-1:14:29, 0:19:53-0:22:42 Religious life0:10:50-0:16:10 Memories of his parents and his brother0:16:15-0:19:47 Canadian war orphans project0:23:44-0:32:56 Deportation of parents0:33:00-0:36:08 Wearing a yellow badge in Brussels0:37:12-0:41:04, 1:24:49-1:28:33 Orphanages in Brussels0:48:53-1:05:10 Route from Brussels to Montreal1:05:14-1:09:18 Life in Montreal1:11:20-1:13:17 Recollections of his neighborhood in Vienna1:14:40-1:16:54 Recollections of “Anschluss” and “Kristallnacht”1:28:38-1:31:35 Memories of the end of the war1:31:36-1:33:53 Anti-Semitism1:33:58-1:39:22 Thoughts on Israel1:41:20-1:46:55 Austria’s dealing with its NS-past1:53:08-1:54:19 Final messageHeinz Reischer was born on August 19, 1930 in Vienna, Austria. He grew up with his older brother Erich and their parents Milan Reischer and Margarete née Ehrenreich in an apartment in Franz-Hochedlinger-Gasse 26, in Vienna’s second district. Heinz attended school in Vienna until he escaped to Brussels in 1938. There he went to school and lived with his family until 1942, when his parents got deported. From then on Heinz lived in orphanage. At the end of 1947 the Canadian Jewish Congress sponsored a rescue mission for orphans, and Heinz emigrated to Canada: he boarded the “Aquitania” in Southampton, England to Toronto, Ontario. Heinz moved to Montreal and started working in sales.Austrian Heritage Collectio