Born in Germany in 1941, Sigrid Weidenwber remembers the horrific aftermath of fascism. At the end of the war, she found herself living under communism. Both of these totalitarian regimes left indelible marks on her psyche and a healthy distrust of govenment"s, ursurping too many powers to control people, supposedly for their own good. After the Berlin Wall was built, she managed to escape the repressive environment with the help of friends and a French passport. To this day she does not speak French.
She holds degrees in medical technology, psychology and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Concordia University of Portland, Oregon for her trilogy "The Volga Flows Forever."
Her first published book, Escaping the Twilight, deals with aspects of medical anthropology in an Islamic culture. In her trilogy the Volga Flows Forever, she brings to life Catherine the Great in her multiple roles as monarch, woman--lover, mother, grandmother and head of the general staff of the army, in Volume one. The following two historical volumes deal with the Volga Germans brought to Russia by Catherine's edict. The last book of the trilogy, "From gulag to Freedom," deals with the systematic eradication of the Russia's minorities, in particular the Russian Germans. The heroine of the book escapes death in the gulag, fleeing to Fresno, California.
Three years ago she moved to Santa Rosa Valley, California from Portland Oregon. She has passionately embraced California together with her family that also resides here.
She lectures on anthropological and historical subjects and actively supports the arts.
At present she she writes a memoire of her childhood during WW II an her youth under the German communistic regime.
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