Memoirs of Leon John Bortniker, born in Vienna, Austria, 1919, regarding his experiences in Vienna until his emigration to the United States, 1939 Life in Vienna between World War I and World War II; displays of antisemitism in schools, activities of the Schutzbund Federation (Republican Protection Association) of the Social Democrats party and of the Heimwehr (Home Guard) of the Christian Socialists party; murder of Dr. Engelbert Dolfuss, 1935; election of Kurt von Schuschnigg as the prime minister; Anschluss, and the annexation of Austria to the German Reich; persecution of the Jews; entry of Hitler into Vienna, and his enthusiastic reception by the residents of the city; persecution of the Jews following Kristallnacht, October 1938; attempts by Leon Bortniker to obtain an emigration visa to the United States.