Reichsdeutsche
Jochen becomes a child without a place to call home a second time for being an ethnic German
Innsbruck and the American
Jochen and family escape into the mountains of Austria at the end of WW2 and have an exciting encounter with an American Soldier.
Himmler’s Curtains
Jochen’s mother tries to get her children out of Germany and away from the SS in Gmund am Tegernsee
A Cattle Car from Berlin
Jochen and his family take a harrowing journey on a train from Berlin, which would leave him scarred for life and make my Omi’s hair turn pure white.
New York, New York!
Jochen lands in New York, to begin his new life as a refugee immigrant in America.
Mutti
Part 2 of “The Last Train”. Escaping the Russians, my father leaves Danzig and travels to Berlin. January 31, 1945
The Last Train
The story of escaping the Russians on the last train from Danzig, January 31st, 1945.
Tales My Father Told Me 