Now 62 years old, Behrendt suffered at the hands of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia during the Second World War, experiences which led him to devote his life to political caricature.
他現年六十二歲，曾在二次世界大戰遭德國「蓋世太保」逮捕，並受俄國史達林政權拘禁，這些經歷使他終身以政治漫畫為職志。