Mamlok akaberekwa saUrsula Meyer muBerlin, Germany, mumhuri yechiJudha, uye akadzidza piyano nekunyora naPurofesa Gustav Ernest naEmily Weissgerber kusvikira mhuri yake yatiza Nazi Germany zvichitevera kuparadzwa kwenyika yose
muna 1938. Nemhaka yemiganhu yokuAmerica yokuenda kune imwe nyika, mhuri yakatamira kuGuayaquil, Ecuador. Ursula akatamira kuNew York City ari oga muna 1940 kunopinda Mannes School of Music, iyo yakanga yamupa mari yakazara yechikoro pahwaro hweimwe yenziyo dzake. Vabereki vake vakatevera muna 1941. Akava mugari wenyika yeAmerica muna 1945.