Our Courtyard

From the point of view of a child, the classic of Russia-German literature Hugo Wormsbecher depicts the hopeless struggle for survival of a Volga-German family during the deprived years of the Second World War. The loss of the homeland on the Volga and the deportation of the family form the background of the novella "Our Courtyard", which becomes a parable for the fate of the Russia-Germans.

From the point of view of a child, the classic of Russia-German literature Hugo Wormsbecher depicts the hopeless struggle for survival of a Volga-German family during the deprived years of the Second World War. The loss of the homeland on the Volga and the deportation of the family form the background of the novella "Our Courtyard", which becomes a parable for the fate of the Russia-Germans.