![]() ![]() ![]() "It was the most important experience of my life," she says, "because I didn't think that I was going to come out alive."įacing her own death gave her a courage that has never left her, she says. ![]() Lerner and her mother were imprisoned, essentially as hostages for her father, she says. When the Nazis assumed power in Austria, Lerner's father, a businessman and pharmacist, learned he was on the arrest list and fled to Liechtenstein, thinking his family would be safe. Lerner, then 14, became active in the student underground anti-fascist movement: "That taught me a lot about standing my ground and not believing what people said." In 1934, four years before the Nazis marched in, there was a fascist uprising in Austria. Because the family members were frequently in conflict, Lerner learned early on that she had to fend for herself and think for herself. Her artist mother was an early feminist, a self-educated and strong-willed woman who was "ground down a good part of her life," Lerner says. ![]()
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