Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But then he became an orthodox Je…

- Leon Askin

I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting t…

- Leon Askin

In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin mea…

- Leon Askin

The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre.

- Leon Askin

1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, mo…

- Leon Askin

My father was an ardent socialist for many years.

- Leon Askin

At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth.

- Leon Askin

To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages.

- Leon Askin

Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him.

- Leon Askin