In 1997, on a five-hour car trip, Victoria"s grandfather, Eugen, began to tell a story from his past. Soon Victoria began to document her grandparents" lives . . . -Growing up under the Nazi dictatorship -Struggling through the war-Eugen on the front lines, Ruth in Germany -Eugen"s long, dangersous years as a POW in Siberia while his family wondered whether he was alive -Their new lives in America. Richly detailed and haunting, "Surviving World War II" is a story that adds to our understanding of Hitler"s regime and its effect on ordinary families everywhere.