by night towards the Czech border, I was fortunate to be found by the Czech partisans. They took me in and nursed me to health for the next 3 months until the war was over. I was a boy of 14 ½ years. In 1945, I was taken to Prague where I was cared for by the JDC (Joint Distribution Committee) for the next four years. I lived in a youth hostel and studied until 1949 when I was able to travel as an exchange student to USA. I am the only survivor of a close and large family of 105 people. I arrived in the United States in January, 1950 at the age of 20, and registered in the University of Colorado at Boulder. After two years I transferred to UCLA where I graduated with a degree
in industrial engineering. I was hired by a British American family to develop and grow two different branches of their business. They transferred me to San Francisco, then Seattle, and eventually Miami in 1956. After two years in Miami, I started my own company and found great success. I have called Miami home for 66 years. I was married to my first wife, Marvis, of blessed memory who passed away in 2005 after 53 years of marriage. I am re-married to a wonderful woman, Sydney, who serves the Jewish community. I am blessed with two adult children, five adult grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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