My Odyssey

In 1944 when Communism devastated Eastern Europe it uprooted millions setting the new Displaced Persons adrift most often to a tragic fate. By unusual luck young Stephane Groueff a Bulgarian landed on more hospitable shores. Spared from the destruction of his family and home after a happy privileged childhood in a small Balkan kingdom his eventful Odyssey threw him into the fascinating life of a Paris-Match foreign correspondent led him to romantic experiences lived against the backdrop of Montmartre nightclubs Egyptian pyramids opulent Irish castles or Alpine ski resorts and involved him in anti-Communist exile activities.