Author Description

"My Life" and encounters with alternate realities started out as a memoir for my children. Prodded by two psychics the author reviewed his life for a missing "fourth encounter with death'" resulting in a rewrite. Born in prewar Europe the author traces his maturation from innocent childhood through attempted brainwashing by the Soviets of school children, excellent education and harsh social environment in Nazi Germany, Close to the end of WW II after drowning in despondency he challenges the gods. Subsequently the author experienced situations created by forces of alternate reality which prompted the young boy to consider sharing these events with the world. Author's family escapes Soviet occupied Germany for West Germany where they integrated into Lithuanian society and completed his high school education. In 1952 the author immigrated to the United States, earned his BS degree and completed his military duty at home and overseas. He met his wife, a tourist from Boise,in Germany. After their marriage in Chicago they settled in Palo Alto, California to raise a family.