This book explores the historical long journey of two Viennese families: the Rainers who were Catholic and the Laubers who had originally been Jewish but eventually converted to Catholicism. The journey lasts throughout the 20th century and describes the gradual demise of both families. The names and the existence of these two Viennese families are fictitious. However, they illustrate and portray the reality of life in Vienna before and after the First World War, during the entire inter-war period and the seven tragic years following the Anschluß.