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      • Families International

        It began when I left Ghana to study in Marburg, Germany. I entered a classroom of children with developmental concerns and instantly fell in love with them–the passion continues. I’m an indie professional author-publisher of Christian, academic and children’s books. Founder of Families International, Ottawa, Canada. An organization for all families, especially those who have children with developmental concerns. Our vision is to empower these families to believe in and help themselves, and their children. Be passionate partners of their children’s educational systems and working resiliently with special pedagogic and medical teams to support their children to achieve their full potential. We value every child and believe disabilities don’t mean inabilities. These children have educational assets exemplified by my newly released children’s books–Mommie, Snoopy Mr. Crab and Jumbolino The Dancing Clown. Inspired and created from my international work with these children and their families.

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      • September 2021

        Trifilij, seine Frau Tatjana und seine Töchter, Marseillaise und Felitsata

        Die außergewöhnliche Geschichte einer Familie

        by Helene Yalden (Autorin), Sabine Hennig-Vogel (Übersetzerin)

        Die außergewöhnliche Geschichte einer Familie, deren Mitglieder mit ungewöhnlichen Namen gesegnet waren. Zusammen mit den Charakteren der Erzählung durchleben wir über einen Zeitraum von fast 100 Jahren glückliche und tragische Momente im Leben mehrerer Generationen und werden Zeugen wichtiger historischer Ereignisse. Familiengeschichten, die in der Familie von Trifilij von Generation zu Generation weitergegeben wurden, haben Einfluss auf die Nachkommen – auf ihren Charakter und ihren Blick auf die Welt. Es ist so wichtig, die Verbindung zwischen den Generationen innerhalb einer Familie aufrechtzuerhalten! Trifilij Iwanowitsch Kosmin war eine rätselhafte, legendäre und gleichzeitig tragische Persönlichkeit. Er kämpfte für die Revolution und die Ideale des Sozialismus, und fiel am Ende dem System zum Opfer, zu dessen Aufstieg er durch sein Kämpfen beigetragen hatte. Sein ganzes Leben lang folgte er seinem Schicksal - für ihn war das die Suche nach der Wahrheit und die Veröffentlichung seines "Buches des Lebens", aber das Schicksal verfügte, dass er alles verlor, was er geschaffen und angestrebt hatte.

      • Memoirs
        March 2018

        Owl place

        From the incredible life of Rudi Kleineich or search for happiness in a hard time

        by Harry Schmidt

        This excitingly written book takes place between winter 1945 and Christmas 1953 - with skilfully inserted flashbacks to the years 1919, 1923 and 1930. The owl village that gives the book its title is the Lindenhof estate workers' village in Vorpommern, a place without owls, without newspapers and without electricity. One of its inhabitants is the 25-year-old day laborer's son and "bee man" Rudi Kleineich, who is of military age, as it was then called, but suffers from the life-threatening hemophilia and yet has an unbridled will to live. This will is even increased when, in the turmoil of the time, he comes into possession of a voluminous encyclopedia from 1886. From it he learns that he does not necessarily have to die as early as his uncle, from whom he copied beekeeping. The actual action begins a few days before the Russian invasion, which is expected with great fear and uncertainty, and which is supposed to be just outside the village. When the Red Army actually arrives, many terrible things happen in Owl Village, too, with which the soldiers with the red star take revenge on their German enemies - especially on their wives, almost no matter how old or young they are. In this Vorpommerschen place, too, Harry Schmidt, in reference to the hard historical facts, lets a real rape frenzy of several days happen. Law and order seem to have capitulated to the violence of the war and even officers no longer know either decency or humanity. But then suddenly it is over. As if someone had flipped a switch in the occupying forces, the intoxication is ended, and where rape and murder could have been committed with impunity, the perpetrators from their own ranks are now threatened with drastic punishment - including summary executions. The new order is taking hold. But what will the future bring to the little people of Lindenhof? And does Rudi's tender love for Christel, the refugee girl, have a chance?

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