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  1. Episode 5

    5/5 The war is over for 17-year-old Grass, injured and a prisoner of war.

  2. Episode 4

    4/5 April 1945, and Grass' regiment of recruits is thrown into repelling the Russian advance.

  3. Episode 3

    3/5 At 17, Grass is drafted into the Waffen SS just as Germany is starting to lose the war.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5 In 1943 at the age of 16, Grass is drafted into the Reich Labour Service.

  5. Episode 1

    1/5 The autobiography of the early life of Nobel Prize-winning German author Gunter Grass.