Wolfgang

An early photo of G's father.

He died exactly 15 years ago.

He had an "interesting" life.

Not the least of it living in hiding in Berlin towards the end of WWII. Not the safest place for a Jew.

He'd managed to escape from a labour camp in France and travelled back across to Germany. After asking his uncle (he lived in the Black Forest) for help, his uncle asked him to go back to the labour camp or he would call the Gestapo.

Wolfgang didn't fancy that idea and headed for Berlin. He hid out in churches or in underground train stations (the ones that didn't have checkpoints). And he somehow survived.

He liked to tell the story that when he met his first Russian soldier in Berlin - he was delighted to see him but was not that chuffed that the soldier stole his watch.

After the war he worked in theatre and for ZDF. And was very successful.

A handsome man who seemed to get away with far more than he ought to just through charm alone.

I would have liked to have met him. For all his quirks, I don't think you'd ever have been bored chatting to him.

Auf Wolfgang - nie vergessen ("to Wolfgang, never forgotten").

You can find out more about this topic at an Exhibition in Berlin called Stille Helden. "Silent Heroes" in English. There was an awful lot more to resistance in Germany than Sophie Scholl.