Them i had some of the sections of the book that really stood out, i understood why this is an important book and i think a lot of people will, particularly conservatives, begin to appreciate the struggle is an over and the fight isnt done. We have a lot more fight in it but weve got to put ourselves fully into the game. And to enjoy it and be happy about it and grateful that were in the position of leadership. Reagan talked about the happy warrior and this is the manuscript for the happy warrior. It has been a real joy and pleasure to sit down with you and be with you again and to share with everyone this book. The conservative heart. Thank you. Youre happy warrior and have been an inspiration to me. You got a my friend. Good luck on the book. That was after words book tv Signature Program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalist, Public Policy makers and others from mail your with their material. After words airs every weekend on the tv. At ten pm
[indiscernible] betterknownar the. Own of why more weimar interviewer what was your childhood like . Wasgruen my childhood very, very pleasant. My father was the principal of a school. My mother my father had a devoted marriage. I had one brother older than i. In that village. Went to Primary School there. And did all the things that ,mall children, little boys do including using a roller skate on a steep hill and scaring my mother out of her skull with my derringdo. [laughter] . Nterviewer was it mountainous rollerskating on a steep hill . No, this was a hill in the village. On top of the hill there was a church. The countryside was hilly, not mountainous. But a very beautiful region where my family and i did a good deal of hiking on weekends. It was a very, very pleasant countryside. At that time. Interviewer how did you happen to wind up in the United States and the Manhattan Project . In the Manhattan Project . Mr. Gruen well, you ask a very interesting question. Answer is that i w
This hour 20 minutes of oral history is from the voices of the Manhattan Project, created by the Heritage Foundation and los alamos historical society. Mr. Gruen i was born on november 21, 1922 in waldorf, germany. Interviewer where is that . Mr. Gruen waldorf is a small village near the town of [indiscernible] which is near the betterknown weimar. Town of weimar. That is just south. Interviewer what was your childhood like . Mr. Gruen my childhood was very, very pleasant. My father was the principal of a school. My mother and my father had a devoted marriage. I had one brother older than i. And i grew up in that village. Went to Primary School there. And and did all the things that small children, little boys do, including using a roller skate on a steep hill and scaring my mother out of her skull with my derringdo. [laughter] interviewer was it mountainous . Rollerskating on a steep hill . Mr. Gruen no, this was a hill in the village. On top of the hill there was a church. The countr
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