Author: stefan_b

1978 to 1988 – Breisgau, The Rhineland, and the first step into adult life After the years in North Frisia, my family moved to Freiburg/Breisgau, and I felt like a badly transplanted tree. In the little over 2½ years in Freiburg, I was able towards …

1969 to 1978 – North Frisia In 1969 my family went back to Germany, to North Frisia, where I spent my childhood until 1978. I struggled at school and just about managed to get through Secondary School. I was constantly reading and spending time alone …

1964 to 1969 – Hamburg and USA After my birth in Hamburg in May 1964, my mother left me quite soon and married another man. I came to live with my grandparents, where the relationship between them was strained. 2 years later my mother returned …

Preface Time and again I intended to write a book. About my life, my encounters, my thoughts, my dreams, and my journeys. And then I put it off and put it off again. The world is currently changing rapidly, and it seems more and more …

Preface for the English language edition About a year ago, on August 29, 2022, I have self-published my book ‘Erwachen’ in German language. Shortly afterwards, the idea arose to also publish an English language version which now has finally been finished. It took my wife …