Truthfully, yours
The Beginning
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This book is the beginning of the sequel series. Truthfully, Yours: The Beginning starts off with Hans Schweitzer, a young German officer. Young Hans opposes the Reich and becomes their top commander of a labor camp. Despite his opposition, he become Lt. Colonel Commander of Camp Kassel. Before he is given his orders, he is ordered to go out to Berlin in the Ghetto and observe the treatment to the Jews. Hans is quite upset in how his own people are handling the war. Silently, he prays to God that he is able to help one Jew to prove that he does not have hate in his heart toward anyone. In the Ghetto, as he is walking, he notices a young Jewish woman sitting on the curb. She is with her family ready to be deported to a nearby camp. Hans goes up to this young woman, only to introduce himself as Hans. He is happy to find out that her name is Sasha. Immediately, he falls in love with her and she does the same. Her heart despise Germans, and because of this, Sasha prayed to God that she would find one good German. The story leads to both Hans and Sasha falling in love with one another for that short visit. Hans leaves and goes back to his barracks only to find that his heart is in love with Sasha. Sasha who is devastated by her feelings for Hans realizes that their love is forbidden. However, Hans receives his orders and is muster out to Camp Kassel. Hans who comes into the camp not knowing what to expect sees death all around him. The food is bad, the bodies are all over, and he decides to do something about this. The camp was given to him and he was allowed to run it as long as the labor was harsh. Several days later at roll call, he notices someone he knew. There as weak as she was, and beautiful Sasha was standing in line. Hans who is overwhelmed by his discovery, comes to the conclusion that he must save her from the horror of labor. He goes to her Block and commands her to come to his quarters. There the two reunited in a forbidden love, and he makes Sasha his servant. Meanwhile the plot thickens, and more excitement is on the way. Hans shows bravery, love, confusion, and human mistakes. But he does reflect to one important issue, you could love anyone, regardless who they are. The legacy continues to the second sequel: Truthfully, Yours: The New Beginning.
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This story takes place in Germany at the beginning of World War II where a young man, Hans F. Schweitzer discovers the true meaning of forgiveness. There he is drafted into Hitler’s Youth only to find himself in officer’s school becoming a young Commander of a slave camp. He falls in love with Sasha during his training in Berlin only to discover that her family are bound to one of the camps. Hans is torn from his brief meeting with Sasha only to think that he will not see her again during the war. They face great separation from their forbidden love. Both Hans and Sasha are willing to risk their lives, and learn that faith and prayer will bring them together, again. It is a story about forgiveness, love, bravery and great faith in which each lesson is found in all of us. The story is told by Hans F. Schweitzer only to be written by the author. Any words that are misspelled, have been purposely left in respect to Hans and his wishes. "I rather show everyone that I am imperfect than perfect." Happy Truthfully, yours to everyone." Keep the legacy going!
About the Author
Currently, I am Pastor and founder of Church of Divine Hope in Manheim, Pa. I have two teenagers, Joshua and Mary whom I love and thank for all their encouragement and help. I live in the country where there is plenty of peace and quiet which helps me to write. This spring, another book will be released called, “The Untold Story of Truthfully Yours : as told by Hans F. Schweitzer. As a graduated of Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ with high honors, ordained evangelistic Pastor and Doctor of Divinity. These books are my favorite pass time where I blend the world into God’s ways allowing the mistakes of life to be surface, and later on corrected. Presently I live in Manheim, Pa and will be going into missionary work somewhere in 2013 in Germany.