The subtitle of the book speaks for itself: "A German Family's Story of CONFRONTING SOCIAL NORMALCY", 1930-1965 in Germany - non fiction. The last chapter is about Anna participating in a Native American Long Dance in New Mexico USA.
Anna Haman wrote in vivid detail about her Grandfather's arrest by the Nazis Secret Service and other heavy storys about her family and herself.
The acknowledgment pages show the EXTREME DIVERSITY of peoples who have gifted their time, over the past six years, to get Anna's manuscript into print, setting a PRESIDENCE for society. (( Old Hard Core Peace Movement Hippies and Actual Viet Nam Veterans )) along with Professors, Authors, Editors, Publishers, Lay People and even a Concentration Camp Survivor.
Readers' general consenses is that Anna was a amazing woman.
endorsements
"Anna Haman experienced an extraordinary life and writes with surprisingly clever perception of her people and her times - ranging from Eastern Europe under the thumb of Nazi and Soviet interlopers, to a wild understanding of Astrology, and life in the American West.
"She casts her own net of personal recollections and reflections, while inviting the reader into worlds they may have seen only on the surface.
"Get ready for quite a ride - at times you may find it a little hard to keep up with Anna, but stay with her and you will come to know a very rare and rich personality and several of her worlds.
Richard Polese previous president of New Mexico Book Association, Santa Fe, NM.
Everyone loved Anna, a beautifull, precocious and strong-willed girl. Anna Haman grew up during the 1950s and 1960s in an ancient grist mill operated by her family in a German village. Her memoir vividly details growing up in a loving, extended family. Yet it is also a history of a family stalked by multiple tragedies-personal, collective and social-that shaped Anna's life. Some derived from World War II; others were of unrelated and mysterious origins. This biography is published posthumously by her husband, David Froebel.
Anna's mother's family had a liberal Christian tradition. When helping local Jews being deported, they ran afoul of the Nazis. Her wealthy father's family was from Russia but was forced to move to a farm in Poland that had been confiscated from its Jewish owners. He was conscripted by Hitler's army and later imprisoned by Stalin, which manifested later in family deprivation and violence.
Anna became a journalist and later migrated to the United States, where she traveled extensively, practiced Astrology and Sufism, and lived in intentional communities.
By Constance Albrecht senior grant writer for Native American Reservations.
"The protagonist was a great lady with a splended soul. May she rest in peace. I read every word (of chapter 3) - it was that interesting and extremely well written," by Raymond Haber, devout Jewish man of 89 years old, retired taxi cab owner New York City; he also wrote, "PS I opened Camp Lunce, Las Vegas, New Mexico 10/19/42."
"Reading her words about growing up in post war Germany easily places you by her side, observing silently, what she does and what she thinks. You the reader, are on a journey you do not want to end. You want more."
By Dr. Bob Worthington, President of United States Pilots Association
Anna Haman wrote in vivid detail about her Grandfather's arrest by the Nazis Secret Service and other heavy storys about her family and herself.
The acknowledgment pages show the EXTREME DIVERSITY of peoples who have gifted their time, over the past six years, to get Anna's manuscript into print, setting a PRESIDENCE for society. (( Old Hard Core Peace Movement Hippies and Actual Viet Nam Veterans )) along with Professors, Authors, Editors, Publishers, Lay People and even a Concentration Camp Survivor.
Readers' general consenses is that Anna was a amazing woman.
endorsements
"Anna Haman experienced an extraordinary life and writes with surprisingly clever perception of her people and her times - ranging from Eastern Europe under the thumb of Nazi and Soviet interlopers, to a wild understanding of Astrology, and life in the American West.
"She casts her own net of personal recollections and reflections, while inviting the reader into worlds they may have seen only on the surface.
"Get ready for quite a ride - at times you may find it a little hard to keep up with Anna, but stay with her and you will come to know a very rare and rich personality and several of her worlds.
Richard Polese previous president of New Mexico Book Association, Santa Fe, NM.
Everyone loved Anna, a beautifull, precocious and strong-willed girl. Anna Haman grew up during the 1950s and 1960s in an ancient grist mill operated by her family in a German village. Her memoir vividly details growing up in a loving, extended family. Yet it is also a history of a family stalked by multiple tragedies-personal, collective and social-that shaped Anna's life. Some derived from World War II; others were of unrelated and mysterious origins. This biography is published posthumously by her husband, David Froebel.
Anna's mother's family had a liberal Christian tradition. When helping local Jews being deported, they ran afoul of the Nazis. Her wealthy father's family was from Russia but was forced to move to a farm in Poland that had been confiscated from its Jewish owners. He was conscripted by Hitler's army and later imprisoned by Stalin, which manifested later in family deprivation and violence.
Anna became a journalist and later migrated to the United States, where she traveled extensively, practiced Astrology and Sufism, and lived in intentional communities.
By Constance Albrecht senior grant writer for Native American Reservations.
"The protagonist was a great lady with a splended soul. May she rest in peace. I read every word (of chapter 3) - it was that interesting and extremely well written," by Raymond Haber, devout Jewish man of 89 years old, retired taxi cab owner New York City; he also wrote, "PS I opened Camp Lunce, Las Vegas, New Mexico 10/19/42."
"Reading her words about growing up in post war Germany easily places you by her side, observing silently, what she does and what she thinks. You the reader, are on a journey you do not want to end. You want more."
By Dr. Bob Worthington, President of United States Pilots Association
