In NICO (2001) the story is told of Namenwirth's war experience (1940-1945) in the light of authentic letters, photographs, and drawings, which survived the war years. As a child, the author, renamed Nico Nanning, was hidden in a strange environment, far removed from his parents and his brother. In the story the young boy meets his alter ego, the author, who is living on La Gomera (the Canary Islands). Together they share a number of island adventures,...