My mother was ABLE to get out of Germany because her FATHER was Russian and those with a Russian PASSPORT could leave. My father was not so fortunate. He had to be smuggled out of Germany by being tied to the bow of a vegetable freighter that was leaving in the North Sea. He almost lost a leg because it was so cold, but he ended up in FRANCE.
Read MoreWhy do so many children love the idea of being snowed in or shipwrecked, of having to survive on one's own? When I was a child, I was no exception. I WANTED to hunt with a bow and arrow like the Stone Age people: to skin deer and build my own shelter. And I DESPERATELY wanted a wolf. As we LIVED in London, my options were limited.
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