The Last Train from Berlin is an account of the life of Marianne Hofmann, born May 28th, 1917 in Berlin Germany during the height of World War l. Perhaps her birth at such a tumultuous time, prior to the new birth of Berlin, played an important role in shaping her equally tumultuous personality.Marianne struggled through World War ll finding employment for the German military, then an internment in a Russian prison camp. After escaping from that camp, she gathered up her daughter an...

Marianne Jerke-Hofmann was born in May, 1917 in Berlin, Germany during the height of World War I. Perhaps her birth at such a tumultuous time, prior to the new birth of Berlin, played an important role in shaping her equally tumultuous personality.Marianne survived the First World War and struggled through the Second, even finding employment that benefitted the rise of the Third Reich. After a brief internment in a Russian prison camp, she gathered up her daughter and few belongings...

Executive Moves is a captivating account of the life of Mobil Corporation executive Peter Hoverkamp and his wife, Christel. During a career with Mobil that spanned over thirty years, Peter and his wife moved around the northeast and then from the U.S. to live in England, Indonesia, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Qatar and provided the opportunity to reconnect with her lifelong friends in Germany. During their travels, the family of two expanded with the birth of three children then the children'...