An Uncommon Journey: From Vienna to Shanghai to America-A Brother and Sister Escape the Nazis

by Deborah Strobin, Ilie Wacs

Overview

Now in paperback, Uncommon Journey is the true story of a Jewish brother and sister who fled their native Austria in September 1938, a week before war broke out. Destination? Shanghai. Uncommon Journey addresses the universal issues of persecution and the will to survive. This unique memoir is told by siblings ten years apart who share very different memories, often of the same events. The truth becomes a mosaic with many facets, creating a moving portrait of a family uprooted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569805046
Publisher:	Barricade Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/07/2014
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Deborah Strobin has been active on the fundraising front, having organized the largest gala in US history for stem-cell research. Mrs. Strobin lives in San Francisco. Her brother, Ilie Wacs, studied art and became a celebrated coat designer; his paintings are often shown in NY galleries. He lives in NYC and Eastern Long Island.