I was born in East Germany, before the wall came down. We sort of escaped, I guess. I grew up all over the place. Germany, London, back and forth between Minnesota and Germany. I was sort of an army brat, but not in the army.
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I was in Germany when the wall came down.
I grew up in the time of Germany after the war.
I was born in Budapest, Hungary, and moved to the United States in 1956. It was during the Hungarian Revolution when Russian tanks rolled into Budapest, and my family - me, my brother, and my parents - escaped over the border to Austria. We just took whatever we could carry. It was perilous, but we made it across.
Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there.
I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.
I was in the underground until I left Germany.
My grandmother was German. She was an immigrant, and my great grandfather fought in World War I and was stationed in France.
I was born in London 1947, after the war. A real wartime baby. I went to school in Brixton, and then I moved up to Yorkshire, which is in the north of England. I lived on the farms up there.
I was born in Munich, and my father was stationed in Salzburg. For the first three years of my life, I lived in Austria back when the American Army was still in Austria. I grew up subsequently in posts around the country around veterans.
I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.