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What happened? The US ground forces under General George S. It would have meant certain death for my uncle, aunt and Erika and Adolf].

And it was decided that Adolf and I were to join Mother in southwest Germany. The necessary papers arrived and we were on our way.

The train took us close to the border and we walked the rest of the way. Two Russian border guards saw us coming and questioned us.

After studying our valid papers allowing us to pass, they just tore them up. We were stunned at such injustice, after all we were 15 Adolf and 13 years old myself.

The soldiers shooed us off, one of them pointing at his gun, in case we had any ideas of returning. We left seeking shelter behind a haystack and began to weigh our options on what to do next.

Adolf wanted to return to Erfurt, but I would have none of it. I picked up my stuff carefully avoiding the guardhouse.

Now a steady rain had begun. It seemed like a long time. By the time we got to a small railway station, we were exhausted, yet very much relieved that we were in the West.

Two French border guards approached us demanding to see our papers, — no wonder, we looked like runaways.

Adolf handled the situation quite well and we were allowed to board the train. In Nuremberg we found the Red Cross Refugee Camp, where we received food and shelter.

Several kilometres more on foot and we arrived in Rohrdorf. What a relief for all of us to join our mother and the two youngest brothers again after such a long separation!

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