Eva Dukes née Altmann was born in December 18, 1923 in Vienna, Austria. Until 1938, she attended Realgymnasium at the Schwarzwaldschule, the first school in Austria to offer Matura (advanced high school diploma) to girls. The school was founded by women's education pioneer Eugenia Schwarzwald. In Vienna, Dukes was involved in the swimming club Haschachar Akiba Hakoah, as well as a Zionist youth group.
In 1939, at age 15, Dukes fled Vienna, and via Hungary, Switzerland, and London immigrated to the United States in August 1940. She graduated from Hunter College (B.A. in chemistry, minor in physics and math) in 1945, and after a brief stint as a perfumer at Henri Robert, she settled in New Jersey and began her long career as a technical writer, editor, and translator. Otmar B. Parolla was her first husband. On November 7, 2012, Dukes died in Monroe Township, New Jersey.
From the guide to the Eva Dukes Collection, undated, 1925-2001, bulk 1971, (Leo Baeck Institute)
