Voices From The Other Side: Inspiring German WWII Memoirs
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These are the stories of ordinary German civilians who survived the horrors of war and eventually immigrated to Colorado.
For example: "During the night between one and four o'clock the police would drive through the town and pick up men. They would knock on the door and say that the man of the house had to come along to the police station to answer some questions. Everyone knew they would never come back." -- Alex Baumgartner
These stories remind readers how war imposes hardship and heartbreak on all of the populations involved. It's the author's hope that readers will learn from and be inspired by these revelations from ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances.
Jean Goodwin Messinger
Author Jean Messinger was born and raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, graduated from Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin, and has lived in Colorado since 1952. Colorado Springs was home to Jean and her husband for nearly forty years. After teaching school for several years, at age fifty, she earned a master’s degree in art and architectural history from Denver University. She considers herself doubly blessed to live in Colorado near her large extended family, which includes seven grandchildren.
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