The author on his book: To understand why so many things happened to me that shouldn't have, I wrote this book. This story is my story, and I had to survive at all costs. As a witness to my life with people who could not judge me because they did not want to know anything, did not want to ask me, and did not listen to me. I also wish for apologies for what was done to me. My whole life was repeatedly torn into pieces that I had to put back together, and I was even humiliated for it. But my will was strong because I knew that sooner or later the hour of truth would come. Hanspeter Bobst describes his youth directly and authentically.