War torn country meaning

Being born in Du sseldorf Germany did not make Peter Hilger a German citizen His father was American born and served as America s consul to Germany His father s nationality as a U. War torn font S citizen became Peter s He d been reared in Germany and with his Aryan looks and fluent German had no trouble passing as a citizen When after Pearl Harbor Germany and the United States became enemies Peter was instantly plunged into peril as an enemy alien The Gestapo then kept a wary eye on this American family In medical school at the University of Freiburg Peter became acquainted with Fritz von Hohenzollern Had Germany still been a monarchy Fritz would have been next in line for the throne When the university was bombed Fritz gathered Peter and other friends to one of his family s estates There protected by the aristocratic family Peter remained until 1948 cementing a friendship that lasted than sixty years WAR TORN is the story of Peter s life from 1923 through 1948 War TornThere s nothing like a riveting true story The way it is written I could just hear Peter s voice telling it I wanted it to go on I still have questions I hope Peter writes English