From Terror to Triumph
The incredible, human story of a girl growing up in Vienna, Austria at the time of the Nazi Anschluss, who meets extraordinary challenges in her life to become the Queen of Real Estate and respected member of the community on the Monterey Peninsula.
Herma Smith Curtis .. January 12, 1930 - December 19, 2011
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My mother was very beautiful, and was beautiful on the inside, too. My mommy was wonderful, in every way, and she loved us so much.
Peter
was such a wonderful person and my mother could have never asked for a
better man. He saved us from the Russians, and he was also a great chef.
Chester was a good man, very kind to me and to our son.. He brought me to this country, first to Florida and then here to Monterey. And I was very grateful to him.
My poor son, Herman, he was such a good child. I think God took him, and let him die in his bed so he didn't see the terrible way things were over there in Vietnam.
Donn was so handsome the women would sit at his bar and stare at him. But he was my Budgie. We were married for 42 years and I loved him very much.
There were always a lot of good-time Charlies around when people are successful, but they don't stick around when you might need them. But Margret, she was a good friend.
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