Why Europe?: A Family, A Continent, A Life Rebuilt. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783982944203)

This is a real story, which began with a singles restless thought: could there be a better life somewhere else?

Years later, they arrived in Europe. This family could not have imagined that a continent would one day become their home. Why Europe? is the memoir of a family who found in Germany - and in Europe - a place where freedom, dignity, and human solidarity are not abstract ideas, but the everyday fabric of civic life. Spanning five decades, this book traces a personal journey that mirrors the promise of Europe itself: a family building a new life in Flensburg; a medical career shaped by the Charité in Berlin and by clinical practice at Germany's northern edge; the values of Rotary and civic engagement; and above all, an encounter with a European culture that treats democracy, fraternity, and justice as an inheritance to be defended and passed on.

More than a story of arrival, Why Europe? is a quiet argument for the European project in a time when the loudest voices often celebrate only power. From Kafka to Saramago, from Shakespeare to Goethe, from the streets of Flensburg to the bourlevards of Paris, it offers a portrait of a continent worth choosing - and worth writing about, in English, for readers everywhere. A book about courage, optimism, collaboration, family, and what a European life can teach the world.

With a foreword by Dr. Fabian Geyer, Mayor of Flensburg.