Indiana Writers' Consortium

Katherine Hoeger Flotz talks about her experience as a child during and after World War II in Europe. She is a survivor and has written her memoirs, in which she tries to perpetuate the history of the displaced and disowned ethnic Germans living in Yugoslavia. She speaks to schools, libraries, book clubs, church groups, historical societies, and anyone who wishes to hear this part of history.

Flotz was born in Gakowa, Yugoslavia in 1935 and lived there with a sister and her parents in the small german town near the Hungarian border. Her town of Gakowa was made into a concentration camp for all ethnic germans living in that country. This was the retaliation of Marshal Tito for what Hitler did to Russia. She lost her father during WWII, and her mother to typhoid fever in the concentration camp "Gakowa". She was raised by relatives and brought to the United States in 1949.

Flotz kept her memories alive by journaling and after fifty years, having raised her three children, she and her husband, George, started to collaborate on her book "A Pebble in my Shoe".

She self-published because she wanted total rights to book cover and title and did not want to wait a long time to be published. She was 69 when the book came out in 2004. Since then, there have been three re-prints in soft cover. Flotz has personally marketed the book and has sold over 2,500 books.

Flotz' professional memberships include:

Vice president and long time member of Write-On Hoosiers, Inc. and Writer's Expressions
Founding member of Indiana Writer's Consortium

Space/Equipment Needs: Maps and pictures on display

Availability: E-mail Flotz at kflotz@comcast.net or send US mail to PO Box 1124, Crown Point, IN 46308

Fees: No charge for the lecture but will have books to sell

Visit Flotz' personal website for more information.