Resistance, Imprisonment, and Forced Labor: A Slovene Student in World War II (Studies in Modern European History, Vol. 47)
The Author: Metod M. Milač was born in Prevalje, Yugoslavia, in 1924. At the age of sixteen, he was swept up by the maelstrom of the World War II and its aftermath. He emigrated to the United States in 1950, where he worked as a laborer while pursuing his education. He earned: his B.M. in theory and M.M. in musicology from The Cleveland Institute of Music; his M.S.L.S. in library science from Western Reserve University; and his M.A. in Philosophy from Syracuse University. At Syracuse University, he began a career as a librarian in 1962, where he then went on to earn his Ph.D. in humanities in 1991.