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By Ulrich Karl Thomas,Mary A Kassian

Karl Thomas used to be born in 1925, prior to the nice melancholy, within the German Baltic province of East Prussia. He was once conscripted into Hitler’s military to struggle at the jap entrance in many of the bloodiest battles of worldwide conflict 2. Captured via the Soviets, he was once taken to Auschwitz/Birkenau, after which compelled to paintings within the Russian gulags. After his unlock to Communist East Germany, he was once excited by smuggling humans around the border to freedom. ultimately, he escaped and immigrated to Canada.
Karl’s gripping tale provides you with a distinct glimpse on the political occasions major as much as, in the course of, and after the struggle. You’ll pay attention what it used to be like residing lower than an oppressive regime, and notice that the road among the “good men” and the “bad men” isn’t approximately as neat and tidy because the heritage books may have us think.

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