Author Name:
Karl von Loewe
Book Title:
Lost Roots: Family, Identity, and Abandoned Ancestry
Website URL:
Social Media Links:
https://www.facebook.com/KarlvonLoeweAuthor
Link to book page on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Roots-Karl-Von-Loewe/dp/1639883428
What is your book about?
How seven siblings in the U.S., Germany, and Poland abandoned their ancestry in an attempt to survive assaults from twentieth-century regimes that fostered tribalism and recognized eugenics as science. Their true ethnicity remained hidden for decades from their descendants.
What inspired you to write your book?
I was investigating my family genealogy when I stumbled across clues of something I never suspected. Since I was a published historian of eastern Europe, the events were familiar, but the actors were not. They were my family I never knew.
What is a typical day like for you?
I’m a retired real estate agent, so my days now are predictably calm, focused on reading and writing. And a bit of gardening for the monarch butterflies of the world.
What do you most enjoy about what you do?
Looking back on the travels my wife and I had to unusual locations and the dear people we met and still are in contact with.
What are some favorite books you’d recommend to our readers?
Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, Richard C. Lukas’ The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles under German Occupation, 1939-1944, and Günter Grass’ The Tin Drum.
What advice do you have to offer our readers?
Writing and publishing a book are just two demanding stages of an incredibly challenging process whose highs are more than worth the lows.
What would people be surprised to learn about you?
I was a conflict resolution specialist and trainer for my state association of Realtors®, dealing with commission disputes and ethics complaints.
What’s next for you?
I’m working on a memoir on my decade as a member of the academic precariat.
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