The word "survival" holds a bitter meaning for the author. She associates it with the illusion of a reality that revealed itself to her as a marathon towards the end times, which never seemed to end. With the promise of surviving an even greater catastrophe than the one experienced during World War II, marked by captivity, flight, and life-threatening hunger, the author's parents were lured into the community of Jehovah's Witnesses. They prophesied a war of God that was imminent. Only those who wished to live according to their interpretation of the Bible could be saved. The result of this indoctrination was absolute self-neglect and submission through uncritical obedience. After more than six decades, the author began a laborious search for her own, lost identity. She found it during the exciting journey to the V.