In this History Listen podcast, Ingrid von Oelhafen, a German physiotherapist, recounts the story of her incredible childhood.

First, she and her brother were left in an orphanage for 5 years. Then the 2 were returned to their tyrannical father. After her brother disappeared one day, Ingrid found out he was a foster child. Later, she found out she was a foster child.

It was decades before Ingrid found out who her parents were.