Hitler, My Father Format: Paperback

An adoring young woman encounters Adolph Hitler when her youth group sings for him. He demands her company in private, and she becomes pregnant, bearing his child but never being contacted by Hitler again. The plot follows her life as an outcast believed to be lying about the child’s parentage, and the life of her son told through her correspondence, diary entries, and from the point of view of a researcher who writes a generation later. Based on facts and documented history, author Ron Merten tells this tale with just enough creativity to make the story fascinating.

 Rodney Merten was born exactly thirty years after the end of WWI and just three years after VE day. As an American of German heritage, Merten seems to be naturally attracted to this era. He lived and worked on his parent’s farm during his childhood but followed their admonition to go to college. Even so, he had to re-invent himself several times to stay employed and to advance. He changed jobs every two to three years because he is an experiential learner. Once he knew how to do a job it no longer held an interest for him. Merten became a serious writer early in this 21st century, completing sequels to The Music Man and It’s A Wonderful Life after completing The Peace POX. He is engaged to Rose, and a grandfather.