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Forks in the Road: Our Journey to America
Forks in the Road: Our Journey to America
Forks in the Road: Our Journey to America
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This book is a chronicle of Gunters family, commencing in Germany with his parents, how the Depression aborts their move to the USA, thus enduring World War II in Nazi Germany. He desribes the bombing, separation from family, evacuation and conditions after defeat, all through the eyes of a child. In 1943 brother Gerhard joins the family under peculiar circumstances. They move to the USA in 1949, where they hope to escape war. But Gunter serves in the Army, and brother Gerhard flies helicopters in Viet Nam. As GI in Germany Gunter meets his bride and tells of her familys experience during and after the war. The book emphasices that life often takes a twist and we must cope. It is a good read, often with a bit of humor mixed in.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateApr 7, 2011
ISBN9781456866952
Forks in the Road: Our Journey to America
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Gunter Weis

Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Gunter was six years old when World War II started in Europe. He lived through bombing, evacuation, separation of family and the aftermath of defeat. In 1949 his family, with younger brother Gerhard, emigrated to the USA, settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There he attended high school and returned to Germany, having been drafted into the US Army. After returning with his bride, Sieglinde - they married in 1958 - he worked in the printing industry, earning his BBA at night at the University of Wisconsin. They have one daughter Heidi and two grandchildren. He and Sieglinde enjoy retirement in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

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