AHC interview with Edith Gerson

Digital recordingMarch 11, 2014Edith Gerson, née Urbach was born 1924 in Vienna, Austria. In May 1939 she left on a Kindertransport. She lived in London and attended a rather conservative, religious school, although she had no prior religious background. For a short period she was interned on the Isle of Man, which she perceived as an interesting experience. Her first husband, whom she married in 1943, was a political refugee from Germany. When he returned to Germany after the war, the couple divorced, because Edith did not want to set foot on the European mainland ever again. In 1950 she immigrated to the U.S. with her second husband, returning regularly to England on visits. She studied at Pratt Institute and worked as an interior designer. After she retired, she settled in Midtown Manhattan.Austrian Heritage Collectio