AHC interview with Daisy Illich.

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0:00:00-0:04:15 short description of life0:04:15-0:19:20 growing up in Vienna0:19:05-0:29:50 Anschluss and aftermath0:29:50-0:33:45 emigration0:33:45-0:36:35 emigration to England0:36:35-0:43:20 school in England0:43:20-0:45:55 parent's emigration to England0:45:55-0:56:55 living in England0:56:55-1:16:40 service in Germany1:16:40-1:18:27 going back to England1:18:27-1:25:42 paintings1:25:42-1:27:32 taking possessions from Austria1:27:32-1:44:57 family background and activities in Vienna1:44:57-1:51:57 religion1:51:57-2:17:02 father's family background2:17:02-2:27:52 family activities in Vienna2:27:52-2:33:22 neighborhood2:33:22-2:37:12 paintings2:37:12-2:44:52 school in Vienna2:44:52-2:48:27 news from Germany2:48:27-2:52:47 considering emigration2:52:47-2:55:12 Attitude towards Zionism2:55:12-2:57:47 Persecution2:57:47-2:59:27 Confiscations2:59:27-3:02:42 fate of Viennese relatives3:02:42- 3:10:24 coverage of the war in England3:10:24-3:20:24 from Munich to the US (Visa for Canada)3:20:24-3:26:04 arriving in Canada3:26:04-3:31:24 arriving in Montreal3:31:24-3:35:54 working in Montreal3:35:54-3:49:14 Radio station3:49:14-3:53:25 Visa to the US3:53:25-4:08:24 Arriving in the US/living in New York City4:08:24-4:18:54 meeting her husband and marriage4:18:54-4:23:45 Antisemitism in the US4:23:45-4:29:24 Israel4:29:24-4:34:24 Connections to Austria today4:34:24-4:38:24 husband's brother4:38:24-4:46:54 pension, restitution, revisiting village where grandparents had property4:46:54-4:53:34 writing memoirsMarch 28, 2017Daisy Illich née Stricker was born on June 14, 1925 in Vienna, Austria, where she grew up in Schikanedergasse 2, in the 2nd district of Vienna. After the Anschluss she emigrated to England with her brother and uncle. Her parents followed shortly after. Her family spent the war years in Britain. After the war she went to Germany to work for the US army. Later on she went back to England from where she then emigrated to Canada, before finally moving to New York.Austrian Heritage Collectio