War Child: Growing up in Adolf Hitler's Germany

Annelee Woodstrom was twenty years old when she immigrated to America in 1947. Much of what she is today is due to the guidance and strict work ethics of her parents. As Annelee did not speak English and her husband did not speak German, there were many challenges before she felt at home in America. Rearing two children, Roy and Sandra, gave Annelee the confidence to join the world of work. She worked as a sales clerk, advanced to secretarial work, and finally, in 1967, she was able to fulfill her life's dream. Annelee attended Moorhead State College and became a teacher. She taught junior and senior English, German, civics, psychology, and she was the certified librarian of the elementary-high school at Twin Valley, Minnesota. In 1984 Annelee was selected as one of ten Teachers of Excellence by the Minnesota Education Association. In 1990 she won The North-light Award for Essay for the excerpt "Indoctrination" (Chapter 1) in her memoirs. After twenty-three years of teaching, Annelee retired in 1992. Kenny and Annelee were married fifty-two years. Kenny died in 1998; Sandra had been killed by a drunken driver in 1978. Currently Annelee lives in Ada, MN.Woodstrom, Annelee is the author of 'War Child: Growing up in Adolf Hitler's Germany' with ISBN 9781931916202 and ISBN 1931916209.