Jozo weider biography template

Born in Zhilina in , in the eastern or Slovak part of Czechoslovakia, Jozo Weider’s destiny would forever be linked to mountain environments when, in his early 20s, he built an isolated chalet in the Carpathian mountains.

It would remain his home throughout the
s and from which he was able to earn a living as an innkeeper, mountain guide and photographer.

In , Weider took a trip to Britain to promote tourism for his resort.

Jozo weider biography template

He was still in Britain when the Germans invaded Czechoslovakia in the spring of An urgent telegram to his wife enabled her to leave the country with their one year-old son and join him in England where they applied for status as political refugees.

In the summer of , they emigrated to Canada and to a hard life as settlers in what was then the
frontier settlement of the Peace River.

Later that year, he travelled east, to Quebec where he found work as a ski instructor at the Chateau Frontenac.

A year later, after deciding to return to the sk