About the Author

If Joseph Kienle’s life were a novel, you might call it unbelievable, except it all happened. Born in 1933 in a quiet Hungarian village, his childhood was anything but ordinary. By the age of 12, he had lived through air raids, watched soldiers take over his family home, and learned what it meant to survive when the world around him was falling apart.

At 23, when Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest, Joseph made a decision that would change his destiny: he fled his homeland with nothing but courage and hope for a better future. That escape led him first to Austria, then across the ocean to America — where he built a new life from scratch.

In the U.S., Joseph became an electronics engineer at UNIVAC, part of the generation shaping the early days of modern technology. But behind the career success is a story of resilience, faith, and the unwavering belief that freedom is worth any risk.

Now in his later years, Joseph shares not just a record of history, but a deeply human story: how a boy from a war-torn village became a man who carved out a life of dignity and love on a new continent. His journey is one of grit, reinvention, and the quiet strength of family.