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INTRODUCTORYCOMMENTS

ThefollowingaccountofJuliusEwaldKarlhasbeencompiledbyYvonnewhowashis

wifeofthirty-oneyears(1967-1999).Shewantedtoleavetheirchildrenwithfamilyhistorytoremindthemoftheirheritage.SpecialthanksgoestoJulius’youngestsisterFrieda,forcontributingherwrittenmemoriesoftheKarlFamily’slifeandforverifyingspecificdatesandevents.SomeoftheinformationwaswrittenandtoldbyJuliushimselfbeforehedied.Finally,YvonnedrawsfromstoriesJuliustoldoverandoveragaintohisfamilyandfriends.Whilesomewhatinchronologicalorder,thereareoverlappingstoriesandsomerepetitiontobringclaritytotheevents.

FirstEdition-December2009Revisedandexpanded–November2017

TABLEOFCONTENTSCHAPTER01–JEK:IMMEDIATEFAMILYCHAPTER02–JEK:ACHILDINTIMEOFWARCHAPTER03–JEK:THEFAITHOFMYPARENTS,writtenbyJuliusin1988.CHAPTER04–JEK:YOUTH,EDUCATION,ANDCHRISTIANCOMMITMENTCHAPTER05–JEK:GROWINGUPANDWARCOMES,byFriedaKarlCHAPTER06–JEK:ESCAPETOFREEDOM,byFriedaKarlCHAPTER07–JEK:LEAVINGGERMANY,ENTERINGCANADACHAPTER08–JEK:COLLEGEBOUNDINUSACHAPTER09–JEK:JULIUSSEEKSANDFINDSAWIFECHAPTER10—JEK:HOWJULIUSMETYVONNE,THECHOGCONNECTIONCHAPTER11—JEK:THEWEDDINGANDAFTERCHAPTER12—JEK:SHORTSTORIESFROMJULIUS