Machine derived contents note: 1 Preface - Goodbye to Germany -- 13 1. My Parents'Families -- 22 2. My Parents -- 33 3. Nachodstrasse -- 40 4. Wartenbergerstrasse -- 55 5. Elementary School Days -- 67 6. High School -- 75 7. Family Life 1936-1942 -- 85 8. High School Friends -- 96 9. The Jungvolk 1936-1942 -- 106 10. Leipe -- 123 11. Gross Ehrenberg -- 136 12. Jastrow -- 142 13. Graz -- 152 14. Schloss Friedenthal -- 161 15. Budapest -- 165 16. The Battle of the Bulge -- 174 17. Schwedt on the Oder -- 185 18. Escape into the Hands of the Americans -- 199 19. Thoree-les-Pins -- 210 20. Demobbing -- 217 21. Home in Sondershausen -- 233 22. Lydi -- 240 23. Bad Nauheim -- 251 24. Butsbach Prison -- 262 25. On Parole -- 272 26. Working at Westende Coalmine -- 284 27. Family Life in Duisburg -- 299 28. My Family's Post-War Experiences -- 305 29. From Miner to Clerk -- 311 30. Bound for Australia -- 316 31. Settling Down -- 327 32. Berkeley -- 332 33. Finding a Meaning in Life -- 341 34. A Visit from My Parents -- 348 35. Australian Iron and Steel -- 356 36. Lydi's Death -- 367 37. Gina -- 376 38. The Librarian -- 383 39. Retirement -- 389 40. Michael -- 393 Glossary -- 401 Further Reading -- 402 Index
