Marooned: Memories of an Extraordinary Era in World War II Germany

A Extraordinary insight into a boy's life in the midst of the WWII Filled with tales so common to any boy yet a world away from most. As the authors son I had heard bits and pieces of my father's youth yet as was his German nature he spoke little of the hardship or struggles or the daily life as a boy. Kurt like so many boys of his youth grew up in two worlds , the world of adventure and careful boyhood pranks and a world filled with midnight air raid screens' and rations . Kurt's reflections on the 7 years he was a an American born youth was Marooned in a small farm village in Germany during WWII provided an insight in to the daily life of a boy and how those events would shape the man that someday would become my father. His life has been far from ordinary and this book is an extraordinary gift to his family. I has been a honor to be his son and I am forever grateful for endless commitment ,love and support to family.