Harry Thürk has written an exciting, fantastical yet bitterly true story about three young boys and a girl returning to their homeland of Upper Silesia after World War II. However, the homeland now belongs to Galician refugees, who themselves have had their home stolen. Drunken victors and a brutal militia create a violent peace. The story is authentically compelling. The author has brought unforgettable characters to life from his memory: the two childhood friends Jakob Latta and Oswald Hirschke, as well as Kulie Schliebitz, who guides the gypsy girl Alina through a minefield and later falls in love with her. Banished to the ghetto in their hometown, the boys carry the dead from the previous night to the burial site every morning, where a desperate priest blesses them. Then, one of the great raids in history brings the final turning point: Summer 1945 - the summer of dead dreams. An honest tale and historical novel about winners and losers, the search of a lost generation for stability and home, and life in the lawless no man's land.