The Voyage of Their Life: The Story of the SS Derna and Its Passengers

By Diane Armstrong

Book Overview

In August 1948, 545 passengers boarded an overcrowded, clapped-out vessel in Marseilles to face an uncertain future in Australia and New Zealand. they came from displaced persons camps in Germany,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0732268680
• ISBN13: 9780732268688
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Aust
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A heart-wrenching yet ultimately optimisitc true story

Complete and unabridged, The Voyage Of Their Life is an uplifting work of nonfiction superbly narrated by Deidre Rubenstein. In August of 1948, 545 passengers who had survived displaced person camps in Germany, death camps in Poland, labor camps in Hungary, and gulags in Siberia or the Aegean islands sailed upon an overcrowded vessel toward an unknown future in Australia and New Zeland. The Voyage Of Their Life draws upon recollections, memorabilia, archival documents, and much more to recreate these brave individuals' lives and dreams. Author Diane Armstrong, winner of the GeorgeMunster Award for independent journalism, was herself a child who sailed upon the "Derna" with her parents. A heart-wrenching yet ultimately optimisitc true story of finding the strength to survive and rebuild in the wake of devastation.