This World War II Memoir by then seventeen-year old Robert C. Visser recounts his experiences after he was caught in the November 1944 Nazi round-up of able-bodied men in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Transported to Germany to work for the German war effort he escaped, was caught and after a brief stint in prison was forced to dig trenches near the front. Following a second escape he was liberated from his hiding place by American forces in early March 1945. He recovered from malnutrition and injuries in hospitals in Verviers, Belgium before being able to return to his home in Rotterdam.