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"The Watchmaker's Son tells the personal story of Max Houss who wrote his memoir at the age of 96. The life of Max was, and remains, a life well-spent, and while this book attempts to do justice to his journey out of Nazi Germany, his arrival through Ellis Island, his military experience as a US soldier going back to Germany to fight for his new country, and his success as a businessman and provider for his family upon his return from WWII, the reality of his life cannot be captured by words alone. Mark Twain once said ""Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't."" The life of Max Houss cannot be described accurately in words, but this Memoir is an attempt by Max to capture his incredible life story."

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A proverb says that a lucky cat lives nine lives. Such is the case of the true-life experiences of Max Houss, except Max has lived more than nine lives: he experienced Kristallnacht at age 13, escaped Nazi Germany, made it to America, returned back to Germany at the age of 18 to fight the Nazi Machine beginning at the Battle of the Bulge and to seek revenge against them for their atrocities, returned back to America, raised a family, found success in business, and finally met uncomplicated love. Max lived the American Dream but also carried the nightmares of being an immigrant who survived the atrocities of the Nazi's and wrote this book to share a life well spent and to serve as evidence that we are not defined by our experiences and that we can live a meaningful life.

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