AHC interview with Erika Koeppel

December 10, 2014Erika Koeppel, née Waldmann, was born 1932 in Vienna, Austria. The family lived in Moosbierbaum, Lower Austria, 20 miles northwest of Vienna. Her father was a chemist. In 1938, Erika was sent to her aunt in Paris, France, where she went to Elementary school until November 1939. She then joined her parents in England, two weeks prior to their departure to the U.S. on the HMS Brittanic. Erika attended Brooklyn college from 1949 until 1953 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in biology. From 1965 until 1970 she studied for her Masters degree in education at Hofstra University. She worked as an elementary school teacher until 1994, when she retired to Queens, New York.Austrian Heritage Collectio