Debra’s mother, Marija, had an idyllic early childhood on the Croatian island of Korčula, which was brutally disrupted by the invasion of the Italians in 1941 and then the Nazis. The devastation brought death and destruction, leaving families struggling to survive years after the war ended. In 1950, an opportunity arrived for 17-year-old Marija to…
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From Croatia to the canefields
Debra’s mother, Marija, had an idyllic early childhood on the Croatian island of Korčula, which was brutally disrupted by the invasion of the Italians in 1941 and then the Nazis. The devastation brought death and destruction, leaving families struggling to survive years after the war ended. In 1950, an opportunity arrived for 17-year-old Marija to…