Other Books
Horrors Mixed With Hope (2025)
Life was turned upside down for Anita when Hitler’s Nazi regime occupied Łódź, Poland in September 1939. Near the end of WW2, as the Russian forces advanced toward Łódź, Anita's family was scattered as her mother and younger siblings were forced to leave before Anita and her sisters. They joined millions of other civilians of German descent who hoped to find safety within Germany’s borders. Clinging on to Hope relates the experiences of Anita and her family during WW2, their escape from Poland, and their drive for survival as they wandered from village to village as refugees clinging to the hope that one day they would all be reunited again.
Clinging on to Hope is available at amazon.com (also .ca, .co.uk, .de, etc.) in both paperback or kindle e-book.
The Hidden Journal (2025)
In progress.
This is the book I intend to release after my mother's biography listed above. My father, Willi Twele, became a Prison of War and was held in the Rhine Valley Prison Camps at the end of World War Two. He managed to keep a journal throughout his imprisonment, and in this book I intend to insert scans of each page of that journal along with a translation from German to English.
Canada Beckons (2025)
In progress. Cover to be decided.
This book continues the story of my mother, Anita Twele. The first book, Clinging on to Hope, focused on Poland and Germany before, during and after WW2. This second book is my mom and dad's move from Germany to Canada.
For the Love of Art (2025)
In progress.
Oskar Rothert, my grandfather on my mother's side, was born in Lodz, Poland. During WW2 he served as an interpreter for the German Army, being fluent in German, Polish and Russian. At the end of the war he was imprisoned by the Russians for 5 years. After his release he join his family who had relocated in Germany and later emigrated to Canada where he was able to take up his passion, art.
This book will contain a compilation of photographs of his paintings along with some background information.