An Uncommon Journey - Strobin, Deborah; Wacs, Ilie
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Now in paperback, An Uncommon Journey is a unique memoir by a sister and brother who fled Austria in September 1939, just a week before the Nazis turned on their Jews with a vengeance. The Wacs family fled Vienna for Shanghai, the only territory willing to take them in during those chaotic times. Shanghai was alien to them--different language, people, culture-and the story unfolds through the eyes of the siblings, ten years apart, who very often share different memories of the same events. The truth becomes a mosaic with many facets, creating a moving portrait of a persecuted family uprooted…mehr

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Now in paperback, An Uncommon Journey is a unique memoir by a sister and brother who fled Austria in September 1939, just a week before the Nazis turned on their Jews with a vengeance. The Wacs family fled Vienna for Shanghai, the only territory willing to take them in during those chaotic times. Shanghai was alien to them--different language, people, culture-and the story unfolds through the eyes of the siblings, ten years apart, who very often share different memories of the same events. The truth becomes a mosaic with many facets, creating a moving portrait of a persecuted family uprooted from their homeland but with a very strong will to survive all obstacles thrown in their path.
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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.