Ilse Voss speaks about her family life in a small town outside Vienna prior to Hitler’s annexation of Austria. She describes how her family was evicted from their home and lived in the empty Rabbi’s apartment in the local synagogue. On Kristallnacht, the Nazis searched the apartment, forced them to leave and the synagogue was set on fire. Ilse and her mother left for England to work as a maid and au pair. Both Ilse’s father and 12 year old brother were deported.
