"I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children."
- Gunter GrassGerman author Gunter Grass is well-known for his many critically acclaimed books, including "The Tin Drum," for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In one of his pieces, Grass describes a World War II event that profoundly affected him. His uncle, who worked as a postal official in G…