Have you ever asked yourself…

…why your grandparents take extra good care of you when it comes to eating your meals?
My grandma and her twin sister always acted in that manner, and at one point it turned me into a chubby young person.
I tried to understand why they kept offering us more food than we could actually eat.
And I discovered a story which shone a light in their behaviour. The twins were growing up in Eastern Germany after the Second World War and were suffering from malnutrition due to food shortage. No hope was in sight, and so they had to risk an escape to Western Germany.
“The Hunger was our companion” takes you on a personal journey with Hedwig, Magda and their grandson Daniel through the history of Germany, to discover what shapes personalities and influences their descendants.

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