Jan Stechpalm grew up in Leverkusen, in the Federal Republic of Germany, studied medicine in Cologne and Heidelberg and has been working as a physician for 25 years in Switzerland. He is married, has three adult children and lives near Basel, Switzerland. Writing has become a passion of his throughout the years, resulting in the three poetry books: 'Aus VersEhen' (2008), 'Versiert serviert' (2014) and 'Verwobene Welten' (2017), as well as numerous contributions to various poetry anthologies and this homage to his father's indomitable spirit.
It is the year 1944 as the 19-year old German high school graduate, Dieter, is drafted by the Nazi army and sent into World War II, which by this time has already been long lost to the Allied Forces. Within months of being sent straight into the confusion and turmoil at the Eastern...
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