Surviving World War II: The Story of a German Soldier and His Family (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781940130392)

In 1997, on a five-hour car trip, Victoria's grandfather, Eugen, began to tell a story from his past. Soon Victoria began to document her grandparents' lives . . . -Growing up under the Nazi dictatorship-Struggling through the war-Eugen on the front lines, Ruth in Germany-Eugen's long, dangerous years as a POW in Siberia while his family wondered whether he was alive-Their new lives in America.Richly detailed and haunting, "Surviving World War II" is a story that adds to our understanding of Hitler's regime and its effect on ordinary families everywhere.