When Goddess Fortuna smiled on a refugee

After fleeing Hitler’s persecution of the Jews, luck and being able to seize opportunities helped me on the long road to Singapore

Singapore is an ideal habitat that has enabled him to have such a satisfying and peaceful life far away from the limelight, says the writer. PHOTO: ST FILE
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The number of refugees seeking asylum is escalating. My object is to tell them that such an experience or depressing start does not preclude a person from finding a satisfactory route. My own experience illustrates the point.

I was born to Jewish parents in Vienna in 1933 - the fateful year in which Adolf Hitler won the democratic elections in Germany. The fate of the Jews was beyond doubt after the notorious Enabling Act, which granted Hitler unlimited powers.

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