What I am reading

I just finished a work of non-fiction  which gave me better insight on how refugees from a war could live during such atrocities.  The title is German Boy by Wolfgang Samuel.  As the title suggests, he lived in Germany during World War II, detailing how his mother, sister, grandparents, and neighbors survived during the last years of the war and the years that followed.  Sparing no details, it is a gruesome look at refugee life, told through the voice of a child who had to grow up quickly.  Sometimes, you want to put the book down because of the inhumanity to man that is depicted.  The Russian conquest of the eastern part of Germany is the worst. 

The outcomes of all the trials and tribulations turn out for the better.  Wolfgang is saved many times by the people around him, yet endures things a child should never have to even dream about.  They all make him a stronger individual who, in later life, served his adopted country, the United States of America.