The Sun Kept Rising

About the Book

The sun kept rising even when the author appeared at the end of his rope. Along the way he met several kind strangers who helped him survive and succeed. A boy grows up with the ideology of the Hitler Youth and the opposing moral values of his parents. At age 16 he operates an antiaircraft cannon, then survives the horrors of the Russian front and ends up in a POW camp. In the post-war depression he works his way through premedical school as an embalmer. A few weeks after graduation from medical school he emigrates to Canada on a small freighter with 10 dollars in his pocket. Against many odds he succeeds in an unconventional medical career in three different countries.

About the Author

Gerhard Freund was born in 1926 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany where he grew up. From age 16 to 19 he was a soldier in World War II. After discharge from POW camp he studied medicine and graduated from the Medical School of the Goethe University in Frankfurt. He completed an internship in Ottawa, Canada, three years of residency at the University of Illinois in Chicago where he married. Following two years of fellowship at McGill University in Montreal he returned to Chicago to practice medicine. He then joined the faculty of the University of Florida College of Medicine. He is a Professor Emeritus of the College of Medicine where he has been practicing, teaching and conducting research since 1963. He is a board-certified internist and Fellow of the American College of Physicians.