A 20th century odyssey - M. Pejacsevic de Verocze
a personal memoir by Maria Countess Pejacswvich de Verocze 1909-2004
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Marie Countess Pejacsevich de Veröcze (1909-2004) was born in Budapest during the times of the Habsburg Dual Monarchy as a member of a very wealthy and eminent aristocratic family. Her grandfather Count Theodor Pejacsevich was 'Banus' (governor) of Croatia before World War I. When Hungary fell under the Communist yolk after World War II , she lost everything, finally settling in London, having obtained British citizenship. Although never married and afflicted by a rare but harmless skin condition that would have turned anyone else into a recluse, she became the beloved 'Maju Neni' and in the end the centre and 'matriarch' of her large family.
She vividly describes in detail how she lived through the horrendous weeks of the Siege of Budapest by the Red Russian Army and the daily struggle for survival in a ruined city. When her sister Elly and her husband were brutally murdered by Russian soldiers, she immediately took charge of their 5 orphans and her life became thus interwoven with their welfare. After their ...
She vividly describes in detail how she lived through the horrendous weeks of the Siege of Budapest by the Red Russian Army and the daily struggle for survival in a ruined city. When her sister Elly and her husband were brutally murdered by Russian soldiers, she immediately took charge of their 5 orphans and her life became thus interwoven with their welfare. After their ...
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Paperback, illustrated with photographs in colour and b/w, 8vo.; Onderhoekje voorplat en eerste bladzijden gevouwen; opdracht en datum op Franse titelpagina. [Auteur: Pejacsevich de Veröcze, Marie Countess & Lila von Blanckenstein (editor)] [Pagina's: 360] [Uitgever: Amsterdam : Gopher Publishers] [Jaar: 2004] [Titel: A 20th Century Odyssey: a Personal Memoir by Maria Countess Pejacswvich de Verocze (1909-2004)]
