The Last Train To Berlin tells the story of a family whose roots date to the time of Charlemagne.
It tells of the family's

struggles with the Vikings

quest for land in a far-away place

near-encounter with Napoleon during the course of le Grande Armee's invasion of Russia

members' service in the Great War and, finally, the book tells, in detail of

the family's dangerous tribulations during World War II.
Rife with historically accurate detail, the book examines the two major forces that swept across the European landscape:

---the 1939 German invasion, annexation, and occupation of Poland with its stultifying and numbing oppression and then

---the horrific 1945 counter-sweep by the vengeful Russian Red Army.
The book has received solid 5-Star reviews.