Karina Wetherbee

The Minefield of Memories: a Memoir Karina Wetherbee

The world knows of the horrors Hitler unleashed upon an entire race ofpeople, but, what of the countless other lives torn apart? This is the story ofone such innocent, a young Austrian boy who struggles to find meaning and hopeamidst the chaos and horror of World War II. The calm of Alfie's childhood in the heart of Sudetenland is surrounded and eventually destroyed asHitler's greed consumes all of Europe. Leftbehind by his fleeing family, Alfie is separated fromall he holds dear. He sets out on a journey of survival and discovery--asagonizing loneliness, witnessed brutalities, and numbing hunger all determineto break Alfie's faith in those around him.¿ Alfie must navigatethe many minefields, real and psychological, that lurk before him in his uncertainfuture and behind him in his troubled past. Even upon Alfie'seventual escape to America, the very idea of family is thrown intoquestion, as long buried secrets are revealed. Throughoutthis story of love and loyalty, war and renewal, betrayal and trust, Alfie finds that the most difficult road he faces is thebeleaguered path of his own memories.