My War, My Peace - Silvana Bastianutti Kukuljan

My parents were shaped by World War I. I was shaped by World War II. - Silvana Bastianutti Kukuljan My War My Peace is the life story of Silvana Bastianutti Kukuljan. It narrates how war demolished her family's home in Fiume, Italy (now Rijeka, Croatia) and changed their destiny. Silvana lived through bombings and invasions, became a displaced person, a refugee in Ruta, Italy, and finally, an immigrant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With her family, Silvana survived. In a time when we readily dismiss refugees,..