The Biography of Otto A. Berliner
The march started in the late afternoon and when the twilight obscured the view of the muddy path, Mr. Berliner escaped. Few days after hiding in various places he made contact with the underground Anti-Nazi Intelligence. He served as a courier until Budapest was liberated from the Nazis.
After the war, he graduated from the Madach Gymnasium and helped his parents to reopen their cafe - The Cafe Savoy, which later was nationalized. He detested Stalin's communism and was determined to leave Hungary. Mr. Berliner left to study Hotel Management in Switzerland and became a diplomat at the Swiss Hotel Training School in Lucern.
Mr. Berliner continued his education upon arriving in New York. He graduated from New York University in Psychology. Mr. Berliner received his advanced degree from the University of Rochester and continued his graduate studies at SUNY Buffalo.
He was a Professor of Psychology for thirty-eight years at the State University of New York, Alfred State College and retired as a Professor Emeritus in 2002.
To enrich the background of his book, he traveled to England and France and collected oral histories from survivors of WWII, including people of the French Resistance. His book, The Cobbler of Normandy, was selected by the entire editorial staff of New Book Reviews Organization as the Best Historical Fiction of 2007 and received a Literary Award from the same organization.
After the war, he graduated from the Madach Gymnasium and helped his parents to reopen their cafe - The Cafe Savoy, which later was nationalized. He detested Stalin's communism and was determined to leave Hungary. Mr. Berliner left to study Hotel Management in Switzerland and became a diplomat at the Swiss Hotel Training School in Lucern.
Mr. Berliner continued his education upon arriving in New York. He graduated from New York University in Psychology. Mr. Berliner received his advanced degree from the University of Rochester and continued his graduate studies at SUNY Buffalo.
He was a Professor of Psychology for thirty-eight years at the State University of New York, Alfred State College and retired as a Professor Emeritus in 2002.
To enrich the background of his book, he traveled to England and France and collected oral histories from survivors of WWII, including people of the French Resistance. His book, The Cobbler of Normandy, was selected by the entire editorial staff of New Book Reviews Organization as the Best Historical Fiction of 2007 and received a Literary Award from the same organization.
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Otto A. Berliner
A survivor of the German atrocities and dissident of Stalin's communism during WWII, Otto A. Berliner graduated from New York University and later received his graduate degree from the University of Rochester. A psychology professor, he retired after thirty-eight years of teaching at the State University of New York, Alfred State College. Currently, he is a Professor Emeritus at SUNY Alfred and Award-Winning Author of The Cobbler of Normandy.
Born in Budapest, Hungary, Mr. Berliner was seventeen-years-old when he was taken by the Nazis to perform hard physical labor helping to build an airport in Budapest. As the Russian guns approached the capital, the Nazis were ordered to evacuate the barracks and march the workers toward the railroad station. The destination, according to the Nazi rumor, was Dachau, Germany.
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