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1 y separately published work icon Strauss to Matilda : Viennese in Australia 1938-1988 Karl Bittman (editor), Leichhardt : Wenkart Foundation , 1988 Z397997 1988 anthology biography The anthology features biographical sketches of immigrants from Vienna who came to Australia in 1938, at the time of the annexation of Austria (Anschluss) by Nazi Germany. Many, but not all were Jewish refugees. They brought with them a high degree of urban sophistication combined with a love of culture and the arts. Many rose to prominence in a diverse field of occupations, among them: Harry Seidler and Ernest Fooks (in architecture), Sir Gustav Nossal (in medical biology) and Louis Kahan, Madame Gertrud Bodenwieser, Eva Wagner and members of the Musica Viva in music and the arts.
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