Wolfgang Samuel is a bright, empathetic. And strong young boy who was caught up in a terrible war that dramatically shaped his entire life. At the age of nine he and his family fled their home in Sagan to escape incoming Russian troops. For the next five years of his life he is continuously either on the run, fighting or begging for food and survival, or in fear for himself or his family. Living this way at such an early age and experiencing the things he has makes him grow up far faster than many other children his age otherwise would have. Wolfgang has witnessed death first hand in a bombing raid on the German military column. As refugees with no steady source of income and no long standing farm to rely on for food, the family is forced
