Marietta Drucker

Born: July 3, 1928, Vienna, Austria

Marietta Drucker was born in Vienna, Austria and was raised in a middle class traditional Jewish family. Her father owned a shoe store.

After Kristallnacht, she was sent on the Kindertransport to the United Kingdom. There she lived with a Jewish family in London for nine months. Her parents arrived in England prior to the war without any belongings. Her father was then interned in a camp in the United Kingdom, and was unable to work when released. Her mother worked as domestic help. Marietta was evacuated to the countryside because of bombings and lived in many foster homes. It wasn’t until after the war that she was reunited with her parents. Her mother died in 1946 and her father in 1960.

She came to New York City in 1951 and lived with her aunt and obtained work as an executive secretary. In 1952 Marietta married another Survivor. She has two daughters and five grandsons.