Adrian Barbu-Berler;

Kind regards from Geneva in Switzerland.

Just another country on a long journey. My parents, Herbert and Minna Berler (Haber) left Czernowitz in 1945 for Bucharest, settled in Duesseldorf in 1970. My father was a lawyer and worked many years as a journalist.

Names such as Berler,  Hubner, Hollinger, Wiznitzer, Pistiner, Allerhand, Nachbar belong to the tribe.

I graduated in Aachen, got my Ph.D. there as well followed by an MBA in Fontainebleau, France. In 1978 I came for a short assignment to Geneva and never left since.

My group of companies is active in the healthcare field, from healthcare delivery to pharmaceutical industry.  My wife Mirela (born Nachbar) is an M.D. with roots in  Czernowitz / Banila as well. Both my sons are born in Geneva. Roy studied Business and Marketing in the US and lives in Florida and participates in our operations there, Daniel graduated last year in Geneva and teaches Ancient History and History of Religions at the University in Lausanne.

I did visit Czernowitz about five years ago with my mother. She couldn't understand that there was a border between Romania and the Ukraine. She told it laud enough when we crossed the border and I was happy to cross the border back as a free man.

Hope to be able to make it to your meeting in May. So long,
Adrian Barbu-Berler