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  • Toward the end of World War II, .

  • my mother decided to flee to Germany .

  • where her parents were living. .

  • Though I was only three years old,

  • I can still remember this time of fear and hunger.

  • Along the way the train stopped occasionally to get supplies.

  • One night, during one of these stops,

  • my mother hurried out of the train

  • to search for some food for her four children.

  • I know with certainty, her faith overcame her fear,

  • and her hope overcame her despair.

Toward the end of World War II, .

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