COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., January 13, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- A.D. Hans Schuetz loves the freedoms America affords. He wasn't always so lucky, however, and he knows it. His new autobiography, Tell'em (now available through AuthorHouse), offers the harrowing tale of a life marred by a despotic ruler whose quest for world domination ultimately led Schuetz to endure the frozen confines of a Russian prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
Born in Germany, his region became part of Poland after World War I. This seemed inconsequential until Adolf Hitler came to power. Schuetz was opposed to the political ideals of the Nazis and applied for immigration to the United States in 1939, but political red tape kept his request at bay. Meanwhile, Germany invaded Poland, and Schuetz was drafted.
Tell'em chronicles his experiences fighting for a government he did not believe in only to be captured and held prisoner for three and a half years in a Russian camp. Drafted and dispatched to the bloody Russian front, Schuetz reluctantly fought for the swastika until his capture just three weeks before the end of the war. He was shipped off to a POW camp and endured hellish slave labor and putrid conditions even after the war ended.
Throughout his book, he describes the nightmarish existence and the lengths to which he had to go in order to survive under his communist captors. However, his internment was not all negative. Being forced to work in the saw mills helped him realize the joys of working with his hands. In time, he also grew fond of Russia and its people. Tell'em stands as an account of the hardships of that time and offers forgiveness to his captors. Schuetz was liberated in 1948 and began a new life.
Written with compassion and flair, Tell'em is a captivating memoir that examines the strengths of the human soul and its longing to live free.
Schuetz immigrated to the United States with his wife and two children in 1951. They settled in Colorado Springs, Colo., and Schuetz, inspired by his prison work, decided to become a contractor. He made his way through the necessary schooling and began his own construction company. Now retired, he decided to share his story in Tell'em, his first book.
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