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The Writer in Me

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I arrived in the U.S. in 1957 at age 17 and almost immediately set out to continue the education I had started in Europe and obtained B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in European and Russian History at New York University at night.  I taught European history at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC from 1968-2006. In addition, I led several programs, including the university's faculty and staff development center and headed Appalachian’s Faculty Senate and the UNC system’s Faculty Assembly.

I taught at several other institutions, including for ten years in the S.C. Governors School at the College of Charleston, for seven years in the Summer Institute at Palacki University, Olomouc, the Czech Republic, and one semester at North Ossetian State University in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia.

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After retiring, writing remained one of my most meaningful activities and I enjoy presenting it widely both nationally and internationally in word and text. My first book after 2006 was Der Vater und die SS (The Father and the SS, 2007) is now sadly out of print; it explored my relationship with my father, an SS-officer/diplomat.

The struggles during the 20th century of the women in Italy and Germany, In the Face of Evil whom I call my mothers followed in 2014; it is a historical exploration of their courage, steadfastness and care for their families and me.

The decade flew past since then; each one of the books that are available became more in depth, with the three poetry books offering me the greatest pleasure and variety of topics to explore. I hope they do you. Most presentations and articles are in psychohistory related venues.

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