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Exciting autobiography of Alexander Munzel who grew up in Nazi Germany where he began at an early age to resist their ways, going so far as to ignore a draft order and become a deserter who could be shot. After the war he tried to escape from Germany by becoming a stowaway but was caught. Eventually he emigrated to Canada and worked at hard labor jobs while learning English from sermons on an old radio. He returned to school and became a successful architect and businessman, but throughout his life he always did things the hard way and had many adventures, preferring to challenge himself in order to grow from the experience.
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"Yes-I did it...as a kid...dared to defy the Nazis and weasel out from under the tight controls in the years that followed the war...to seek freedom. Heaven knows I fought their system with my kid ways. I figured if everybody in Germany had done as I had, the Nazis wouldn't have gotten people to do their bidding." What was it like to be a child growing up in Nazi Germany? Alexander Munzel tells how, even as a child, he rebelled against what he saw around him, and how he struggled against the odds to find a course that seemed right to him. This is a side of the story we haven't heard in North America. Ignoring the Nazi draft order, he dared to become a deserter who would be shot, and then rebelled against those who came to power after the war, still cloaked in the controlling mindset. Desperate for freedom, without a passport, he risked stowing away, where he could be thrown to the sharks, carrying only his World Citizen ID, the first person to challenge the validity of a movement started by a G.I. in Paris. He finally found the freedom to unfold himself by emigrating to Canada where he survived the self-inflicted misery of picking tobacco, working with felons and their broken beer bottles, before going up north into the harsh winter wilderness to survey for a new rail line-all this by twenty-four. Alex was a young immigrant chasing the light in North America-seeking it all. He crossed paths with power brokers from Houston to Edmonton, needled the Russians on the high seas, made and lost millions, but found his soul in the sunsets. "I want to share my story with those who were around when the Nazis were in power, and those who came after who want to know."
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After getting his degree in Architecture from the University of Oregon, he designed over fifty schools in northern Alberta, Canada, and went on to larger projects from northern Canada to the southern U.S., including a large office building in Houston, Texas. He is now retired but still challenging himself as he finds a creative outlet in painting.
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- PublisherTechnical Software Inc.
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0967256607
- ISBN 13 9780967256603
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages379
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good. Bookstore label otherwise this is an unmarked copy-" Exciting autobiography of Alexander Munzel who grew up in Nazi Germany where he began at an early age to resist their ways, going so far as to ignore a draft order and become a deserter who could be shot. After the war he tried to escape from Germany by becoming a stowaway but was caught. Eventually he emigrated to Canada and worked at hard labor jobs while learning English from sermons on an old radio. He returned to school and became a successful architect and businessman, but throughout his life he always did things the hard way and had many adventures, preferring to challenge himself in order to grow from the experience. From the Back Cover: "Yes-I did it.as a kid.dared to defy the Nazis and weasel out from under the tight controls in the years that followed the war.to seek freedom. Heaven knows I fought their system with my kid ways. I figured if everybody in Germany had done as I had, the Nazis wouldn't have gotten people to do their bidding." What was it like to be a child growing up in Nazi Germany? Alexander Munzel tells how, even as a child, he rebelled against what he saw around him, and how he struggled against the odds to find a course that seemed right to him. This is a side of the story we haven't heard in North America. Ignoring the Nazi draft order, he dared to become a deserter who would be shot, and then rebelled against those who came to power after the war, still cloaked in the controlling mindset. Desperate for freedom, without a passport, he risked stowing away, where he could be thrown to the sharks, carrying only his World Citizen ID, the first person to challenge the validity of a movement started by a G.I. in Paris. He finally found the freedom to unfold himself by emigrating to Canada where he survived the self-inflicted misery of picking tobacco, working with felons and their broken beer bottles, before going up north into the harsh winter wilderness to survey for a new rail line-all this by twenty-four. Alex was a young immigrant chasing the light in North America-seeking it all. He crossed paths with power brokers from Houston to Edmonton, needled the Russians on the high seas, made and lost millions, but found his soul in the sunsets. "I want to share my story with those who were around when the Nazis were in power, and those who came after who want to know.". Seller Inventory # 018493
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