Chopin Through the Window: An Autobiography by Franziska Stein and Amy Crews CuttsFranziska was a young girl of just fifteen when Adolf Hitler annexed her homeland, the Sudetenland, to Germany. While she was making plans to study philosophy and art history at the prestigious Karls University in Prague, the tides of war were ominously rolling toward her. Conscripted into the Red Cross as a nurse to tend wounded soldiers, her idyllic life ended, replaced by a fight for survival and a search for love. At the end of the war, she was evicted from her home by a series of inhumane laws meant to punish all Germans for the transgressions of the Nazi regime. From witnessing the losses imposed on civilians during war, she dedicated her life to seeking justice on behalf of others. The next seventy years of her life would play out across three continents and be touched by the Cold War and a civil war. Her past would often collide with her present in the most unlikely places and in unexpected ways.When I met Franziska Stein in 2016, I knew that I had come into the company of an extraordinary woman. In her remarkable autobiography, Chopin Through the Window, she confirms my impression as she chronicles the incredible life she has led over the past nine decades. Her story is detailed and sweeping in scope, replete with events and episodes played out against the historical backdrops of the times and places where they unfolded. Throughout, she demonstrates time and again courage, resolve, family commitment, drive, and an unending quest for justice. Her book holds lessons for all of us, but especially for those who cannot at times see the way forward. Ms. Stein shows us in so many ways how we can cut through immense difficulties and move on, and in doing that she has done us all a favor. Get the book and you'll see what I mean." -U.S. Ambassador Johnny Young (Ret.) Sierra Leone, Togo, Bahrain and Slovenia.About Amy Crews CuttsI am an economist by training and by trade, having earned my PhD in economics a long time ago at the University of Virginia. I spent over a decade at Freddie Mac, ending my tenure as senior director and deputy chief economist, positions I held for my last 8 years there. I then was SVP-chief economist at Equifax for 8 years before setting off on my own as a consulting economist in 2019. I have written over 20 articles in peer-reviewed economics journals and edited volumes, but Chopin Through the Window is my first non-economics work. I am a noted expert on housing and mortgage markets, consumer credit, and macroeconomic forecasting. I am frequently cited in print media such as the WSJ and the NYT as well as trade media. For all these accomplishments, bringing my grandmother's story to readers is I think my biggest, and most important, one.https://chopinthroughthewindow.com/index.htmlhttps://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Through-Window-Autobiography-Cutts-ebook/dp/B09MXGRSWN/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=https://wordhousebp.com/http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/102722whp1.mp3