Out of Vienna: Eight Years of Flight from the Nazis

About this book

Out of Vienna is about twenty eight members of the authors family from Vienna and Prague who were persecuted by the Nazis beginning in 1938 following the annexation (Anschluss) of Austria to Germany. Ten did not survive the Holocaust. Nine were murdered by Nazis. One committed suicide. A nonfiction story Out of Vienna follows the Weiss familys long flight through thirteen European countries to escape the Nazis iron fist and cruelty. Engrossing from beginning to end its dialogue and vivid physical descriptions of places and events are based on personal interviews research and the authors own recollections. A certified page-turner this is a story meant to be shared with others. Follow this familys remarkable journey and discover how their resourcefulness allowed them to survive. Though they experienced many difficulties they never lost hope for a better future and at the end of eight long years - their dream finally came true. Weiss is the son of a Dachau Concentration Camp survivor yet he never asked about his fathers time in Dachau. Perhaps Weiss wanted to forget the years spent fleeing the Nazis. It was only after his mothers death that he determined to find out more about his fathers incarceration and their eight years of hectic flight.. Thus began a quest to discover other relatives whereabouts and fate.