[Diary Feb. 1938 - Dec. 1939].

Abstract

This diary tells about a Jewish family – husband, wife, and two children – who leave Linz, Austria, to move to Vienna and manage to send the children to England. When the war breaks out in September 1939 the parents manage to immigrate to the US, settling in Los Angeles in late 1939. The diary ends here, without ever mentioning the children after their arrival in England.An English translation is followed by the original's German language transcript.Adolph Markus was born 1898 in Linz, Austria; he died 1971 in Los Angeles, California.The diary was donated to the LBI by Adolph Markus’ son, Eric Marcus.Synopsis in fileAustrian Heritage Collectio