direct to your inboxIt was a tragic twist of fate.Artist George Mayer-Marton had carefully packed his possessions and life's work to save them from the Nazis by emigrating to England.The Hungarian had made his reputation and home in Vienna - but his Jewish heritage and artistic brilliance made him vulnerable.The German invasion of Austria in March 1938 was the trigger for him to leave that year.
The following year, in his absence, he was banned by Adolf Hitler's regime from practising as a painter and artist.Mayer-Marton and his wife, Greta, a gifted pianist, settled in a district populated by other emigre artists - St John's Wood, London, at number 9 Elm Tree Road, in the shadow of Lords cricket ground.But, during the night of September.
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