The Stories You Hear
The stories you hear sometimes when you travel. This story came from Boris Lisjak the 7th generation owner of a winery we visited in the wine region of Dutovlje, Slovenia. Near the end of the tour, he took us down to his families personal wine cellar built by his grandfather.
The story was a very personal sharing of what happened in this wine cellar during WWII. The first Partisan fighters from the entire region around the area were gathering in this basement cellar. The Germans eventually found out about this secret hiding place and Boris’ grandfather was taken away to the Nazi concentration camp, Mauthausen, where he died. His grandmother spent 20 months in Auschwitz and survived the concentration camp. Only Boris’ other grandmother was left behind on the farm on the land they had left.
After the war his grandmother was released from Auschwitz and it took her 8 months to walk home. The family started all over again and rebuilt the family business to this top award winning winery.
Hearing Boris’ story was very moving and we were honored to be in this special space and hear him tell his family’s story.
On the path together,
John