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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