7 , ▁he ▁received ▁a ▁Ph D ▁in ▁philosophy ▁in ▁Heidel berg ▁and ▁ ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁a ▁Ph D ▁in ▁law ▁in ▁his ▁home - town ▁Prag ue . ▁ ▁Life ▁in ▁Prag ue ▁and ▁writer ▁work ▁After ▁short ▁jur id ical ▁pra xis , ▁Grab ▁became ▁a ▁music ▁teacher ▁and ▁music - crit ic ▁of ▁Pra ger ▁Mont ags blatt . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁he ▁published ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁his ▁short ▁stories ▁in ▁Prag ue ▁mag az ines ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁his ▁first ▁book ▁Der ▁Stadt park , ▁a ▁Prag ue ▁novel , ▁for ▁he ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁' P rag ue ▁Pr oust ' ▁( Jose ph ▁St rel ka ). ▁ ▁Ex ile ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁death ▁After ▁the ▁occupation ▁of ▁his ▁country ▁by ▁Hitler ▁between ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁Grab ▁escaped ▁to ▁Paris . ▁When ▁Hitler ' s ▁arm ies ▁defeated ▁France , ▁he ▁escaped ▁( and ▁lost ▁all ▁his ▁manuscript s ) ▁through ▁France , ▁Spain , ▁Portugal , ▁and ▁finally ▁to ▁the ▁USA . ▁Hermann ▁settled ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁and ▁established ▁a ▁small ▁music ▁school , ▁married ▁a ▁Belg ian ▁ex ile ▁and ▁wrote ▁his ▁second ▁book ▁Hoch zeit ▁in ▁Brook lyn . ▁Ser ious ▁ill ness ▁prevent ed ▁him ▁from ▁returning ▁to ▁Prag ue ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁He ▁died ▁fully ▁invalid ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁in ▁New ▁York