1936 vs 2016

A day ago I received a comment from one of my readers which raised a subject that triggered the thought for this post. I contacted the reader to ask for permission to quote him and he graciously agreed: ” During the late 1960’s I was an American soldier...

Open letter to the medical community !

Since I published my books I communicated with some of my readers of my age who were born or still live in Germany. This communication resulted in some specific questions (from me) and the results are astonishing. My first few questions were simple enough: Did you had...

The most unusual fan mail I ever received

Wow, I do receive fan mail from many readers and I wish to thank all of them for their genuine interest and comments about my books. With some of my readers I correspond on an almost daily basis. (And, you know who you are.) However, the following is not really what...

A small change in my writing plans….

This is written in response to the many emails I received from my readers. When I started to write the ” degree” series I planned to conclude Karl’s story with my fourth book. I wanted to phase him out and at the same time starting to feature Harold...

But, was it better then?

About a week ago I was invited by a local reading group to answer questions of their members in regard to our school system during the war years in Berlin. Some of the questions  were easy to answer, but some others were more difficult. First of all the questions...

Time to bake a cake

Well, the fourth book, Partners To A Degree, is finally finished. I say ‘finally’ because I rewrote the book several times.  On one hand I needed to end the story of Karl and on the other hand I wanted  to report about Harold and his experiences during the...