View from the Veranda by Alex Gurba is based on true stories of life during authoritarian European regimes during the 1914-1950 period. In the English language, a small shelter attached to a house is referred to as a porch, derived from the Latin word porta, meaning passage. The direct German translation is veranda. The view from the veranda encompasses the entire frontal landscape and when the door of the house opens, one may catch a glimpse...