though this was in hungary, my granddad was "drafted" (he was like 14, idk) and told to take one day's worth of sandwiches and report to the school gym.

you know, for the final defense of fascist hungary against liberation.

so he shows up and there's all these kids and then some army man (officer? sergeant? whatever) comes in, looks at them, shakes his head and tells them to just fuck off home and hide.

so he did. and that's how he survived.