Our Family Saga

About the Book

A personal story of perseverance, faith, hope and beating the odds. Success was only achieved after many years of pain and learning with each experience. Faith and hope in the future also entered this equation. The seed for this book was planted when at an early age the author’s children began questioning their past and their parents’ background... Mr. Lackner felt that WWII and the Holocaust had deprived many young people from the family background so prevalent in earlier times, before the 20th century destroyed most if not all family history from Europe. He became convinced it would be a good thing for his son and daughter to learn who their ancestors had been and to write this book, went as far as his recollections, added to plenty of research would permit.

About the Author

Martin Lackner was born in 1930 in CernâuÛi, Romania. At age 5 his parents moved to BucureÕti. Fleeing Nazism, they relocated to So. America in 1939 where he attended the Alliance Française du Chilí. Passionate to settle down in the United States his quota took twelve years to clear. He chose Los Angeles where he later became an outstanding travel consultant, travelogue filmmaker and photographer, always continuing his self-schooling. Despite a failed marriage and a son with whom he was denied contact, he carried on. He met Anna in 1969. They married in 1970 and have a son and daughter, corroborating Mr. Lackner's conviction that happiness comes to those who persist. This narrative ends in 1965 with the opening of his own travel agency.