No Way Home: One War, Two Sisters.

November 1944 in war-torn Germany, 17-year-old Christa-Maria begins her compulsory service at a work camp in Wahrenbruck. Hundreds of miles from her home in Gleiwitz, unaware the Russian Army has invaded and occupied the town, she is cut off from her family. When the camp is closed in April 1945, Christa-Maria is left to fend for herself, not knowing what has happened to her family since the Russian invasion. Now a refugee, her journey through the chaos of war begins; surviving long enough to find her family is all that matters. Faced with an impossible decision, she begins her life-changing journey of uncertainty, hardship and endurance through the aftermath of WW2. Meanwhile, her older sister, Ursula, and their parents are in Gleiwitz. Now occupied by Russians, they live with the daily terror of bombings, rampaging Russian soldiers and utter devastation. Whilst trying to hold onto what remains of their previous life, their father strikes a black market deal to escape, in the desperate hope of finding Christa-Maria and avoiding imposed Polish citizenship. This compelling true story weaves together the sisters' individual journeys, fleeing as refugees, through the turmoil of their defeated homeland See more