Brunch with Steffi

By Elizabeth Grey

"Brunch With Steffi" is the story of a World War II Concentration Camp survivor as told to Elizabeth Grey over brunch one day. Steffi endured years of slave labor in a camp located in Poland. The book recounts her life before, during, and after World War II demonstrating her perseverance through all of life's struggles. As a war bride who immigrated to America, she became a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. This is her incredible journey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tressie's Tales
• Release date: Nov 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9781736683347

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Brunch with Steffi

Elizabeth Grey

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Brunch with Steffi

Copyright 2022 Charlotte Thigpen

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ISBN : 978-1-7366833-4-7 ( e book )

ISBN: 978-1-7366833-3-0 ( print )

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Publisher:

Tressie’s Tales

PO Box 388

Libby, MT  59923

Editor: Melinda Gholson

This book is a work of non-fiction.  Unless otherwise noted, the author and the publisher make no explicit guarantees as to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and in some cases, names of people and places have been altered to protect privacy.

DEDICATION

  This book is dedicated to the memory of Stefania Petruch Carlson, a survivor of World War II Concentration camps.  She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

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  Pictures of tea cups have been placed throughout this book as a symbol of my brunch with Steffi because these teacups belonged to Steffi.  She had a collection of some very unique designs.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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  The first person I would like to thank is my husband, Randy Carlson, for his encouragement on this project.  His personal interest in the story is expected because it is about his mother.  But, because he and his siblings knew very little about her life before she married their father, he was excited anytime I was able to discover additional facts.

  After Steffi’s death in 2014, Caran Carlson LaBarge,