Odyssey of a DP: Memoirs of a Displaced Person

From displaced person to award winning designer: the memoirs of Vladimir Drobashevsky. In 1941, twelve year old Vladimir awakes one morning to the chaos of the Luftwaffe bombing his neighborhood in Belgrade. The Germans are invading his homeland. Vladimir and his family are soon suffering hunger and deprivation from the German occupation as well as daily air raids by the Allies. His parents reluctantly decide it will be best if Vladimir and his mother leave his father behind to defend Yugoslavia and fight the now advancing Soviet Army while they flee to Austria. Finally the family is re-united in an Austrian refugee camp and ultimately they are able to immigrate to America after the war. For the next forty years Vladimir designs national and international expositions - including several Nuclear Information Centers in the U.S. and Asia - and receives numerous awards for his work in design and graphic arts. One night, after Vladimir has received a phone call in his hotel room that his fa