Peter grows up with his strict grandfather in Hungary. But when Peter's father becomes a diplomat in Berlin, he brings him to live with him. He takes him to parties and the theater. A wonderful facade that obscures the looming danger of National Socialism. Peter doesn't even know that he is Jewish. It is only during the Night of Broken Glass that he learns the story of his family. When the illusion can no longer be maintained, Peter must return to Hungary. Every week, a letter from his father arrives there. However, Peter only learns the truth much later. The only youth novel by Irene Dische: awarded the German Youth Literature Prize.