Through the whirlpool : swept up in the Nazi apocalypse

Summary: The fate of two young Germans takes a dramatic turn as the Nazis sweep into power in 1933. Growing up in the milieu of Hitler hysteria, their hopes and dreams crumble as they are drawn into a vortex of events beyond their control. The author's biographical account of his parents' journey through Hitler's Third Reich, the Second World War and finally their migration to Canada encapsulates the stories of many ordinary Germans whose lives were thrown into turmoil during the Nazi cataclysm.