Publisher's Synopsis
The "leitmotiv" of this "confession" is the misfortune of a young physician, who with his family (children of 2 and 5 years old) finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. On August 21st, 1968, the day of the invasion of the Red Army of USSR into Czechoslovakia - under cover of the night, he was in Yugoslavia on his way home from his vacation on the Adriatic. He, as a refugee, had to overcome incredible odds to get to the USA, the country of his hope and freedom.
About the Author
Z. George Mesko, M.D., Emeritus, Associate Professor of Medicine (Pediatric Cardiology) SUNY. Fellow of American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow of American Academy of Cardiology. Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine, London. Graduated from Medical School of J. A. Commenius in 1952 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
