Michael Wieck's (b. 1928) view of the events he describes is unique; Nazi atrocities are seen through the eyes of a teenager with a yellow star, and British bombing and Russian occupation are seen through the eyes of a resident of the destroyed Königsberg. Vic found himself in the camp of the persecuted both as a Jew and as a German, and this is the secret of his extraordinary vigilance and freedom from any ideological blinders. Vic’s memoirs have been republished in Germany seven times since 1988. They were published in English translation in 2003. Published in Russian for the first time.