Postwar Destiny: Journey To America: Book 2
He survived the war. He survived its aftermath. Now Karl Veth has finally reached America, where the life he builds will be entirely his own.
In 1954, Karl leaves Germany behind and arrives at New York's Idlewild Airport with a coveted Green Card and a powerful feeling of freedom. After everything he has endured, America represents something extraordinary: the chance to decide for himself where he will work, how hard he will work, and what he will make of his future.
But becoming an American will require more than crossing an ocean.
Karl must learn the customs of a country that often seems as puzzling as it is liberating. Even the ability to hold more than one job astonishes him after life under Germany's rigid employment restrictions. Everyday conveniences, family expectations, workplace practices, and American attitudes toward opportunity force him to reconsider ideas he once took for granted.
Fortunately, Karl knows how to adapt.
His rigorous training as a pastry chef gives him a foothold in his new homeland, but Karl has no intention of allowing a single job to determine his future. Ambitious, resourceful, and increasingly confident, he recognizes opportunities others overlook and isn't afraid to negotiate for what he believes his skills are worth.
Soon, the young immigrant who arrived with little more than his training and determination finds himself moving beyond the bakery and hotel kitchens into entrepreneurship, business ventures, investments, and opportunities that would once have been unimaginable. With each success and setback, Karl discovers what freedom truly demands: not simply the opportunity to choose his own path, but the courage to accept responsibility for where that path leads.
America has given Karl the freedom to pursue his destiny. What he makes of that freedom is up to him.
Spanning approximately three decades, Postwar Destiny follows Karl from his final year in Germany through the life-changing years he spends building a future in America. A work of fiction based on a true story, it is the second and final book in Horst Christian's two-book Journey To America series and continues the remarkable story begun in Postwar Survivor.
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