 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Maiwald akapfuura neHondo yeNyika II somwana muduku. Asati asvitsa makore matatu, akanga abviswa mudzimba nhatu muCologne nokuputika kwebhomba uye akatizira kuSilesia naamai vake nehanzvadzi yake duku. Vakagara ikoko kubva muna 1942 kusvika muna 1945, apo vaRussia vakauya, ipapo vakatiza kuenda kuDresden uye vakanga varipo apo rakaputirwa, nguva pfupi Maiwald asvitsa makore mashanu okuberekwa. Akapukunyuka nechitima chokupedzisira uye anoti haasati achizotongokanganwa kutarira nepahwindo pamwoto uyo Dresden yakanga yava. Pakusvika pazera ramakore mashanu, akanga aona zvivako zvinopisa zvakawanda nemitumbi yakafa kupfuura izvo vaGermany vazhinjisa vanoona muupenyu hwavo hwose, Maiwald anodaro. 