Page 8 - Mount Joy Bulletin
April 10, 1974
By Martha Epler
HANSI
By Maria Anne Hirschmann,
Published by
Tyndale House, 1973
“I had been chosen from
among many thousands of
students to be further
educated in one of Hitler's
special schools... bubbled
over with joy...How could it
be true that I, fourteen-year-
old peasant girl, was per-
mitted to be in Prague?”
These are the words of
Maria Anne Hirschmann,
author of HANSI, an in-
credible autobiographical
account of a young girl's
experiences in Nazi Ger-
many and her subsequent
emigration to America, the
“land of the free.”
Especially impressive is
the account of Maria's
search for spiritual truth and
meaning within the
framework of Hitler's
atheistic regime. She writes
of her overwhelming
allegiance to Der Furhrer
and the disillusionment
which followed when Nazi
Germany collapsed.
She writes of her struggle
to rediscover the faith in
Jesus Christ which she
possessed as a young child,
and’ the victory which was
hers when at last she suc-
ceeded!
HANSI 1s a book so ab-
sorbing, so filled with ex-
citement and drama, that
the reader will feel com-
pelled to read, nonstop, until
Maria has completed her
powerful narrative.
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Many times the author
vividly describes close en-
counters with dangers of all
varieties and with death
itself. She muses as to why
her life was spared, at-
tributing her safety to an
unseen entity, her Lord
Jesus Christ.
Perhaps the greatest value
of all to be gained through
reading HANSI is a newly-
found appreciation for our
homeland, America. We
‘‘see’”’ our country as Maria
saw it upon arrival here as a
German immigrant in the
early 1950’s. We share her
constant amazement at the
warmth and generosity of
the American people.
But, what impressed this
young German woman the
most of all was Freedom
itself---the right to confess
and teach one’s own heart-
felt beliefs! It was this last
aspect of the American Way
that led the author to apply
for United States’ citizen-
ship!
Especially moving is a
passage in which Maria
relates her experience (as a
new United States Citizen) in
saluting HER new flag---the
deep-seated emotions that
welled up within her. Truly,
the reader may look anew at
aspects of American life that
sometimes are taken for
granted.
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wisdom with which the
author writes. We sense her
wisdom and feel that it is
true because it is authen-
tically born through ex-
periences of suffering and
hardship. Maria lived
through a historical period
marked by hatred, violence
and deceit, as well as by the
trauma of war.
We cannot help but admire
Maria’s proud German
determination. Against
many odds, she and her
German-born husband have
arrived at a high degree of
success in this, their adopted
homeland.
Today, Maria is a teacher
in a high school in the San
Bernadine Mountains of
California. She is in great
demand as a speaker and
lecturer over a large area.
We salute Maria Hir-
schmann for her courage,
ambition, intelligence, and
Cub Scouts Visit
Wheatland Home
Cub Scout Pack 136 held its
committee meeting on
Thursday, April 4, at the
home of Patricia Brian.
Attending were: Robert
Mark, John Shireman, Jay
Heller, David Raudabuagh,
James Grady Sr., Evelyn
Duke, Carolyn Waltz and
Sara Demmy.
On Saturday, April 6, Den
4, under the leadership of
Cubmaster Robert Mark and
Den Mother Ann Mark,
toured Wheatland in Lan-
caster.
Boys making the trip in-
cluded Brian McCurdy,
Nathan Wilson, James
Grady Jr., Scott Young and
Jay Ulrich.
faith. We thank her for a
revitalized faith in God and
America.
Emergency
Medical Calls
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AND
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DR. THOMAS W. O'CONNOR
Niemeyer
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active work with a national
telephone company, has
been commended for the
very worthwhile efforts
which he has given in behalf
of the Easter Seal Society.
As a ‘‘senior citizen”, he
has spent a great deal of his
ume doing cabinet work,
maintaining all types of
equipment and operating
equipment which is germane
to the basic functions of
Easter Seal.
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