Twist of Fate: The Amazing Journey of an American Teenager who Survived a Gulag Labor Camp in Siberia to Live...
- ISBN-10
- 1880726289
- ISBN-13
- 9781880726280
- Series
- Twist of Fate
- Category
- Americans
- Pages
- 164
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- Turnage Pub.
- Authors
- Raymond L. Hohmann, Helen Naismith
Description
A Twist of Fate is the extraordinary life journey of Raymond Hohmann. Born in Detroit, at age six he crossed the Atlantic for a summer vacation with his grandparents in East Prussia. At the time, war was of little concern to the American visitors, but soon it became very real to the little boy who remained behind when his mother returned home early. When Oma and Opa became ill, Ray went to live with his uncle where he felt safe despite the sound of Hitler's booted soldiers marching past their farmhouse. He was a teenager when the war ended and Russian troops raided the farm, raped his neighbors' women, and hauled him off to a Gulag labor camp in Siberia. On his arrival, he was greeted with a brutal beating, which severely damaged his legs. Through efforts by the German Red Cross and US State Dept. he was finally released and returned home to a waiting ambulance which took him to the hospital for medical treatment. He eventually recovered in body, mind and spirit and went on to marry, raise a large family, and establish a successful business. Along the way he became a Master Gardener known for award-winning Japanese garens that were the pride of Michigan's St. Clair Township. Hohmann attributes his survival in the Gulag labor camp, the love of his devoted family, and the success of his business to faith in God, which continues to sustain him during his retirement years in the mountains of North Carolina.
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