by Melvin R. Bielawski (Author)

What did it take to over come the United States ban on marriages between American personnel in Germany and German Nationals at the end of WWII? Could such marriages survive the paperwork, trials, and tribulations involved? Frances Mary Ponn, a Berchtesgaden native, and Melvin R. Bielawski, a native of Toledo, Ohio, tested the "System" and won. In 2004, they celebrated fifty-seven years of marriage.