Civil unrest in the wake of the collapse of the Venezuelan government in November 1958 forces Oscar to leave Caracas. He decides to pursue his career as a musician and entertainer in the United States, settling in Los Angeles.
Following his military service in Israel, Oscar moves to Caracas, Venezuela to pursue a musical career. One year later, a coup in Venezuela forces him to leave the country.
The Sladeks arrive in the harbor of Haifa on Israeli Independence Day—exactly one year after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
Frici and Irene welcome their long-awaited second child, a daughter and a younger sister to Oscar.
Per the United Nations resolution of November 1947 for the partition of Mandate Palestine, the British mandate comes to an end on May 14, 1948. In Tel Aviv, Jewish leader David Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel, which will be a haven for those Jews made homeless by the Holocaust.