Vienna - London: Passage to Safety
15 Mar-27 Apr 2018

Vienna-London: Passage to Safety is a photographic documentary project by Marion Trestler that highlights the life stories of 21 Austrians who fled to the United Kingdom during the 1930s to escape National Socialism and remained there. Many of them arrived in Britain on the Kindertransport. All 21 contemporary witnesses are portrayed in a SYNEMA book Vienna-London: Passage to Safety. Emigré portraits in photographs and words which will be presented and available for purchase at the exhibition opening. The project and book have been produced with the support of the Austrian Zukunftsfond (Future Fund) and The TANA TRUST.