Hannah From Dachau to the Olympics And Beyond

Jean Messinger is an architectural historian by academic training-an M.A. in art history from the University of Denver, B.A in art history from Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin. Her previous books are about historic preservation and they include award-winning A Closer Look at Beaver Dam, about her home town in Wisconsin, and the popular Faith in High Places: Historic Country Churches of Colorado. The latter is also a slide lecture program still being given around the state ten years after the book's publication in 1995. Jean conducts workshops to encourage and assist people to write their life story and family history. Her next book in progress is also the result of that interest in ordinary people's interesting lives; she is recording civilian WWII stories of people living in Colorado. These include a witness to the bombing of Hiroshima, a Jewish D-Day army nurse, Japanese internment camp residents, etc. It was natural she would encounter Hannah and recognize the importance of getting her story into print. Jean and her dentist husband lived in Colorado Springs for 40 years, where Jean taught high school English and college art history, and lectured and wrote about historic architecture of that city. The Messingers have retired to Windsor, Colorado and enjoy seven grandchildren living in the area.Goodwin Messinger, Jean is the author of 'Hannah From Dachau to the Olympics And Beyond', published 2005 under ISBN 9780615128665 and ISBN 0615128661.