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Susanne Watts is a native German, who moved to the United States in
March 1994 to marry her then-soldier husband, Sean. As a child of the Cold War she
lived through some of its hot periods. Growing up a mere ten miles from the former
East-German border, her West-German hometown is located in the famous Fulda
Gap, near OP Alpha. Susanne graduated from American Public University with a
BA in History in November 2014 and is currently pursuing a MA History from the
University of North Dakota. Her thesis focuses on the influence of anti-German
World War I sentiments on Prohibition and German-American cultural traditions.
Not surprisingly, her historical interests include Germany from 1871 to 1933, the US
Gilded Age through the 1920s, the Great War, and the history of the Cold War―
particularly as it pertains to her hometown area. Susanne and Sean currently share an
abode with their Rubenesque feline, Rugby. The three make their home in Theodore
Roosevelt’s adopted home state of North Dakota―the land of breathtaking open
prairies, the legendary Badlands, and endless winters.
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