In 1944 Ewald Schroter was drafted into the last German defense efforts at the age of seventeen. As if the war itself hadn't been hard enough, he found himself as a prisoner of war in Eisenhower's death camps until he was finally released. But his home state of Silesia was annexed away and he had to look elsewhere for a new home. Canada seemed far away, yet it offered opportunities he could not resist and he embarked on a journey that led him to Western Canada in the 1950s. Christel Bodenbender has written and published several short stories. She has edited and co-authored Ewald Schroter's biography and is working on a series of novels. Please also visit her Website http: //www.christelbodenbender.co