Synopsis for Sudetenland to Kleinerort.

In April of 1945 at the end of WWII, Erika was taking care of her family farm back in the Sudetenland. She was violated and maltreated, during the so-called ‘open season’ not only for Nazis but every German speaking citizen of the Sudetenland.

Every day Erika was waiting to see her family members return home, to no avail.

In 1946, the new government seized her family's farm. Erika was happy to be allowed to live and work as a maid on the property once owned by her family for over 600 years. Here she had a baby girl and named her Frieda.

Winter of 1948 - 49 In early 1949 as part of the expulsion of all Sudeten Germans Erika was deported not without once more once again being raped, before getting on the train to the West.

Arriving in Ansbach in the American Zone, a shoeless Erika fell into the arms of a shoemaker.

In West Germany, in the American Zone January 1950, Erika gave birth to a boy. She named him Sepp.

The boy grew up in the American Zone of West Germany. And once he reached age 13 it was time for him to find work and take care of himself. His first attempt at a Luxury Hotel didn’t go so well, or did it?

Sepp asked about the Sudetenland. Sepp wanted to know why, what and when his parents lost their homes. Knowing that he could never go and live there, Sepp started his search for a place to call home. In the Hansestadt Sepp found a home. It was all too good to be true, the life in the attic, the food, the gratuities, the people, friends and life in the big city was exciting.