From The Land Beyond The Forest

John Irtel was born in Transylvania. Somewhat naively, he absconds in 1947 to escape the ravages of change in postwar Eastern Europe. He lives in Austria as a refugee and tries to immigrate to Britain .In 1949, he teams up with a friend to cross the alps on foot, only to be caught in Italy as an illegal visitor and interned on the Island of Lipari. John somehow cures a passage to Australia, arriving destitute and penniless. He is sent to South Australia where he upon a course of learning to be come a successful citizen of his new country.Irtel, John is the author of 'From The Land Beyond The Forest', published 2008 under ISBN 9781921206689 and ISBN 1921206683.