An Uncommon Journey:
From Vienna to Shanghai to America - A Brother and SIster Escape to Freedom During World War II
by Deborah Strobin and Ilie Wacs
September 2011 | $24.95 | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-56980-452-0
It's Septemer 1939 and Nazi Austria turns on their Jews with a vengeance. 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 several universal issues - persecution and the will to survive. This unique memoir by a sister and brother born 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.
Deborah Strobin and Ilie Wacs
Deborah Strobin has long been active on the fundraising front. After her husband's passing, she organized "Reach for Tomorrow, Research Today", the largest fundraiser gala in US history for stem cell research. Mrs. Strobin resides in San Franciisco. Ilie Wacs studied art after World War II and became a celebrated coat designer, and head designer of Originata, a well known 7th Ave. firm. After retiring he has devoted his full time to painting, with works often shown in New York galleries. He lives in New York City and Eastern Long Island.
