GEORGE’S FATHER WAS AN INTERNATIONAL SOCCER PLAYER WHO WAS SENT TO DACHAU AFTER KRISTALLNACHT.

GEORGE’S MOTHER WAS ABLE TO PUT GEORGE ON A KINDERTRANSPORT TO ENGLAND AND GET HIM OUT OF AUSTRIA.

SHE SECURED HER HUSBAND’S RELEASE FROM DACHAU AND ARRANGED A TRANSPORT FOR HIM TO ENGLAND.

THEN SHE MANAGED TO LEAVE AUSTRIA FOR ENGLAND HERSELF.

GEORGE LIVED IN FOSTER HOMES UNTIL HE COULD REUNITE WITH HIS PARENTS.

IN 1940 THE FAMILY WAS ABLE TO EMIGRATE TO THE U.S.

GEORGE HAS BEEN A SPEAKER AT THE ST.LOUIS HOLOCAUSTMUSEUM AND THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS.