Gunter Nitsch tells the story of his family, who fled across the frozen Frische Haff in February 1945 from the Red Army. However, instead of reaching the West, they fell into the hands of the Russians. Until then, Gunter Nitsch had enjoyed a carefree childhood on his grandfather's farm in the heart of East Prussia. But then a hell of violence, chaos, and hunger broke out. His story reads like an adventure novel, but it was a sad reality.