My Father, Hermann Apelt
The Legacy of a Great German Senator
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About the Book: This book has two parts, the first one consists of my own memories and written documents from my father, articles and poems he wrote, letters, written to me and others, and newspaper articles about his death. My father wrote and spoke a great deal, but never published his own book. Others did it for him. The second part is a collection of his writings and speeches by his best friend, the then Mayor of Bremen in collaboration with my mother, Julie Apelt, after his death in 1960. That book, titled Hermann Apelt, Reden und Schriften (speeches and writings) was published in 1962 by the Publishing House H.M. Hauschild in Bremen. Readers of my book will be amazed how much my father accomplished in his life, how many different interests he had, how he dedicated his talents to saving my home town, how he admired the United States of America, and what a wonderful person he was. I want to create a legacy to this great man, my father. Amy, I put some things here that didn't find a place in this format: Audience Level and Book Genre People interested in history, World Wars I and II, Navigation, Older persons who have lived through war times. Germans who came to America, lovers of biographies. This book is Nonfiction, spanning the life of my father, told by his youngest daughter as well as she could using her own memories, letters, writings in magazines, notes, introduction to other books, and quotes from others who loved him.
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About the Book
My Father, Hermann Apelt has two parts. The first part consists of my own memories, written documents of my father such as letters, articles, poems, and newspaper articles about his death. My father wrote and spoke a great deal but never published a book. Others did it for him. His best friend and colleague in the Senate of the city of Bremen, Germany, published Hermann Apelt, Reden und Schriften (speeches and writings) in collaboration with my mother, Julie Apelt, after his death in 1960. The second part consists of translations from this book. My father accomplished much in his life, in his political career as a senator, as one of the saviors of the Bremen ports, as a man of many interests, as a poet, and as a concerned father of four daughters. He traveled much and he admired the United States of America. I wrote this book in order to document the legacy this great German man, my father, has left to all of us.
About the Author
I was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1921. My father was the Senator of the Department of Ports, Navigation, and Traffic. I am proud to be one of the daughters of this great man who was not only instrumental in saving and rebuilding the destroyed ports of Bremen after both world wars but a wonderful example to follow. I was raised in Bremen, learned the trade of seed breeding in East Germany during the war, and became a POW at the end of the war in 1944/45. I studied math and biology until 1952, and then immigrated to the United States. I married Leo Schmidt, we had four children, and have been living in Castro Valley, California ever since. I finished my education and worked as a teacher in the 1970s. I started writing at the ripe age of eighty-five. My Father, Hermann Apelt is my fifth book.