Arno Schmidt

Gretel Mutti Life in Salzburg 1946 to 1949 Arno Schmidt

My mother wrote a diary from 1946 to 1949 about her life as mother with four children in postwar Austria. Life was diddicult, there were shortages, food was scares, children got sick, school issues, living in an apartment with cold water tap, shared toilet on hallway. Yet the book is full of optimism, rich cultural and religious life and how she coped.