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Finding My Father's War
Revelations from the Red Cross Diary
of an American POW in Nazi Germany
Robert H. Miller
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Summary
"This is the remarkable story of my father, Herbert Henry Miller, who was drafted into the army in August 1942." So begins this book about an ordinary man thrust into extraordinary circumstances during World War II. The writer is Herbert Miller's son, Robert, who was amazed to discover his father's Red Cross war diary at the back of a drawer in the weeks following his 1994 death. The diary had been created by the YMCA and distributed through the Red Cross to all American POWs as they were entering prisoner of war camps. Many soldiers, understandably, threw them away. But Herbert Miller chose to keep his. The diary was crammed full of his dreams for survival and of the death and destruction he had witnessed as a soldier and a POW. Along with the text, he had scribbled some drawings to help him capture his true feelings. The diary also included a photo of Heinz, the principled Nazi guard who formed a close bond with Herbert and eased his cruel existence in the hellhole known as Stalag VIIA. Finding his father's journal became the catalyst for Robert Miller to learn more about his father and about his father's war. He spent hours interviewing his mother, the only person who knew of her husband's nightmares and understood that he suffered from life-long post-traumatic stress disorder. Robert also traveled throughout Europe and America interviewing World War II survivors and their families and digging into archives. The final result of his three years of intensive research is this gripping and heartrending story that sheds needed light on issues that remain at the forefront of our public discourse today: the torture and treatment of POWS and the high psychological cost to individual soldiers of going to war.
About the Author
Robert H. Miller spent three years researching and writing the story of his father's experiences as a POW in World War II. An automotive lighting and advanced technology designer for the past fifteen years, Miller travels to Europe frequently where he has been under exclusive contract to 3M USA and Germany since 2006. He has taken advantage of his time in Europe to research this book. Miller has been a professional photographer for thirty-five years and is the winner of several international awards. He lives in Canton, Michigan, with his wife, Colleen, and their fifteen-year-old son, Patrick. He and Colleen also have four grown children.
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