Dr. Peter Mannsfeld, a German Balt, spent his early childhood in Riga, Latvia. In 1940 his family was forced to flee to Germany before the Russian invasion. Finding themselves trapped in what would ultimately become East Germany, the Mannsfelds survived as anti-communist refugees. Using a combination of intelligence, perseverance, and courage, Peter set about overcoming the oppression of the Hitler and Stalin regimes, determined to educate himself...