ABOUT THE AUTHORS

In full flight from the advancing Russian army, Nazi legions pour into Kamien-Koszyrski, Poland, in November 1943. The Nazi troops invade the town in a frenzy, routing townspeople from their homes and loading them onto horse-drawn wagons – the first step in what will become a nightmare journey to a German labor camp.

Ten-year-old Tadeusz Gaweda, his parents, and seven brothers and sisters pile into a wagon with blankets, the clothes on their backs, and a few personal items. Fierce Ukrainian partisans twice ambush the convoy, killing indiscriminately.

Charles E. Glover retired as editor in chief of the Atlanta-based Cox Newspapers in June 1989. A prize-winning reporter, he worked for the Cox organization for forty years in Dayton, Ohio, and Atlanta. He is a World War II navy combat veteran who took part in five amphibious invasions in the Southwest Pacific.