An Uncommon Journey
From Vienna to Shanghai to America--A Brother and Sister Escape to Freedom During World War II
Nonfiction, History, Jewish, Holocaust, Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Deborah Strobin, Ilie Wacs | ISBN: | 9781569804650 |
| Publisher: | Barricade Books | Publication: | November 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barricade Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Deborah Strobin, Ilie Wacs |
| ISBN: | 9781569804650 |
| Publisher: | Barricade Books |
| Publication: | November 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barricade Books |
| Language: | English |
September 1939 - Nazi Austria turns on their Jews and the family Wacs flees Vienna, saving their lives. Destination: Shanghai; alien to them-different language, people, culture. Had they not escaped, one week later war broke out, and this family's fate might have been quite different. An Uncommon Journey addresses universal issues-persecution and the will to survive. This unique memoir by a sister and brother ten years apart shares different memories, often of the same events. The truth becomes a mosaic with many facets, creating a moving portrait of a family uprooted.
September 1939 - Nazi Austria turns on their Jews and the family Wacs flees Vienna, saving their lives. Destination: Shanghai; alien to them-different language, people, culture. Had they not escaped, one week later war broke out, and this family's fate might have been quite different. An Uncommon Journey addresses universal issues-persecution and the will to survive. This unique memoir by a sister and brother ten years apart shares different memories, often of the same events. The truth becomes a mosaic with many facets, creating a moving portrait of a family uprooted.
