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Häber, BerndHäber, Bernd<div class="ExternalClass5147DDD69D4941F1BFB5BA21A5CA3789"><h2>Meet local author Bernd Häber.</h2><h3>Genre: Memoir/Diary<br></h3><h3>Title: <em>Fritz Hä​ber - The Complete Diary 16 Months in an American POW Camp</em></h3><p>​​<br></p><p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Bernd, grandson of Fritz, was born in East Berlin - after the Berlin Wall was erected. He grew up in the German Democratic Republic under a Communist ruling government. Very early on in his life, he started getting interested in German history, music, and modern information technology. When the Berlin Wall fell on November 9 in 1989, his world radically changed - an event that let him embark on a personal journey to eventually move to Phoenix in Arizona where he lives today. Bernd's move to the United States connects him with Fritz who served many months in an American POW camp in 1945-1946 after WWII ended. In March of 2024, Bernd published worldwide the POW diary called </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>Fritz Häber, The Complete Diary: 16 Months in an American POW Camp</em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">. Fritz is the father of Bernd’s father, Herbert Häber, who had climbed up in the hierarchy of the East German Communist Party, the SED, and later became a member of the Politburo in 1984, the political body composed of the highest officials of the party and state.  Bernd is the author of several books, such as </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>Letters To and From My Senators FLAKE and MCCAIN: How they might have failed to fulfill their constitutional obligation</em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>.</em> Bernd co-led the Spanish Civil War history project together with Björn Krondorfer - Director, Martin-Springer Institute at the Northern Arizona University called "</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Stories from the Spanish Civil War</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">" which includes Bernd's great uncle (and brother-in-law of Fritz) and other International Brigades volunteers from the United States, the UK and Canada. Bernd currently works on his father's life story and history under the working title </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>Koalition der Vernunft</em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"> (Coalition of Sanity). Bernd is the founder of Worldstrings Promotion - a music agency with a mission to Keep bringing People together through the Power of Music.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span><br></p><p><br></p></div>

 

 

 

 

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"Fritz Häber- The Complete Diary 16 Months in an American POW Camp" by Bernd Häber"Fritz Häber- The Complete Diary 16 Months in an American POW Camp" by Bernd Häberhttps://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/images/Local Author Fair/Häber/LAF_Book_Häber_Fritz-Häber_web.jpg1023