A Reluctant Citizen: : Making a life in German-occupied Memel and Lithuania 1932-1940

A young teacher navigates the politics of a territory continually "annexed:" Memel/Klaipeda.

A raw, short account of what happened to a serious teacher of physical education when the Germans took over Memel and parts of Lithuania in 1939. He struggles with his multicultural identity in face of life-threatening politics, and continually weighs his convictions in choosing citizenship and jobs.

The story is a fictionalized memoir written in the third person.