Friedlinde (Kratz) Ebersole will tell her story of fleeing totalitarianism at a continental breakfast at Lancaster Church of the Brethren's Worship & Event Center on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 9 a.m. The church is located at 1601 Sunset Ave., Lancaster.

Born in Yugoslavia to ethnically German parents, Ebersole found herself living in a refugee camp in Austria when she was 5 years old. She will tell the story of her family's journey from post-World War II Europe to Lancaster in her talk, "How It All Got Started."

Ebersole was part of the first refugee family that the Lancaster congregation assisted in the 1950s and subsequently helped the church resettle other refugee families, including as recently as 2022 when she worked with the congregation's Welcome Team to assist Afghan families.