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Bob Hudgens "Mulberries for Mohammed" & Jerry Fisher "Lilli and Her German Soldier"

KVPR | By Franz Weinschenk
Published July 18, 2012 at 3:57 PM PDT
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This week on Valley Writers Read we hear two stories. First, Bob Hudgens tells us a story about how he author made a friendly connection with a person from a different culture in "Mulberries for Mohammed." Then in Jerry Fisher's "Lilli and Her German Soldier" we hear about a German soldier at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp falls in love and saves the life of a German Jewish girl.

Arts & CultureBob HudgensJerry Fisher
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Franz Weinschenk
Franz Weinschenk, his parents and his older brother Fritz were indeed lucky to get out of Germany just before World War II. For a while they lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Madera, CA. He graduated from Madera High and Fresno State. From 1948 to 1952 he taught at Edison High School in Fresno after which he was drafted and served in the US Army for two years.
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