Our Times, Our Lives

About the Book

Eve Otto explains, "When I began writing this book, I had in the back of my mind that those who are young now might someday be interested in what life was like when their grandparents were growing up-how life changed drastically with the coming of World War II in Europe and the turbulent years that followed the traumas of our emigration to America with our three young children and the difficult adjustments we had to make. My book, then, is sort of a legacy to them."

About the Author

Eve Otto (maiden name: Eef Jansen), was born in Breda, Holland. Her husband, Jozef Otto, grew up in Miedzychud, Poland. The two met in 1944 during the liberation of Breda, and they married in 1945. Eve and Jozef moved to the United States in 1954 and eventually settled in Omaha, Nebraska, where they raised four children: Joe, Lia, Ed, and Sandy.