Gerhard Maroscher"Gerhard Maroscher was born in Romania during WW II to ethnic German (Transylvanian Saxon) parents. His family was driven from their homeland. As a child he lived in Romania, Hungary, Nazi Germany, Nazi Austria, Communist East Germany, and West Germay. In 1952, the reunited family immigrated to the USA. He attended public schools and graduated with an engineering degree from The Ohio State University. After serving with the Army in Viet Nam, Gerhard worked in industry for 34 years . Following his retirement at the age of 59, he began a second career as a high school German teacher. He wrote quirky stories for his students to encourage reluctant readers. The stories are published in five readers. He also published a teacher's manual to be used with the readers. Following his retirement from public school teaching, he wrote and published the memoir, ""Why Can't Somebody Just Die Around Here?"" It is a first-person account of the miraculous survival of his family during WWII: fleeing Communism, nearly starving, and immigrating to the United States to live the American Dream." Read More Read Less