Joanie Holzer Schirm was the founding president of Geotechnical and Environmental Consultants, Inc., in Orlando, Florida, which she directed for seventeen years. In this interview, she describes the research and personalities behind her new book based on her father’s letters, My … Continue reading An Interview with Joanie Holzer Schirm
From classrooms to genetic testing, people have a fascination with discovering their origins. Many children have a desire to know who their parents were before starting a family—yet some parents do not have the words to explain what happened in … Continue reading A Rescued Mother, a Refugee Father: New Holocaust Memoirs
Joanie Schirm is the author of Adventurers Against Their Will (PeliPress, 2013). Her book, My Dear Boy: A World War II Story of Escape, Exile, and Revelation, is forthcoming from Potomac Books in March 2019. This post originally appeared on the author’s blog … Continue reading From the Desk of Joanie Schirm: Why Truth Matters
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