Escape from Pannonia: A Tale of Two Survivors - Softcover

Floris, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1894694031 ISBN 13: 9781894694032

Publisher: Creative Connections Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

This is the autobiographical love story of a Hungarian Jewish couple who survive World War II and Soviet dictatorship, and take flight to the West. Saved by his cooking skills, chutzpah, and charisma, not to mention divine intervention, Steve is eventually reunited with his pre-war love, Eva. As the Iron Curtain drops around Eastern Europe, the two escape to Austria and later move to Canada.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Floris was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1920. Miraculously reunited with his pre-war love Eva after WWII, he marries her and they flee to Austria. Eventually they escape to Canada and move to Vancouver where they owned and operated the famous Ferguson Point Tea House. Steve now divides his time between Vancouver, Toronto and California.

Review:

Floris is an excellent writer and gifted raconteur. The details he includes are evocative and particularly remarkable. -- Pat Johnson, Western Jewish Bulletin

It's a dignified Holocaust survival memoir that doubles as a love story. -- BC Bookworld, November 2002

This book is brilliant piece of historical information, told best through the people who lived it. -- Kyla Duncan, Portage la Prairie Daily Graphic, March 9, 2002

About this edition

• Publisher: Creative Connections Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1894694031
• ISBN 13: 9781894694032
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160