Martin Murray

Obituary: The rebuilding of war-torn Europe owed much, at a human level, to men such as my husband The rebuilding of war-torn Europe owed much, at a human level, to men such as my husband, Martin Murray, who has died aged 81. He became involved in improving the lives of children from Austria and building new bonds between young people from our two countries in 1947, beginning an association with the newly formed Anglo-Austrian Society that was to last for nearly 50 years. Martin worked in Vienna in children's homes and ran clubs for often severely underprivileged and disturbed youngsters, and from the age of 19, he spent more than 30 years organising trips and holidays for English and Austrian children. It was during one of these holidays - to Zell am See in 1959 - that we first met. I was 16 at the time, and we married five... [read full story]                    

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