Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hugo akadzidziswa pachikoro chaipindwa nemasisita muAalbeke uye akaona kubatwa kweBelgium neGermany muHondo Yenyika II. Chiitiko chacho chakanga chichigadzira, uye chaizogadziriswa naClaus mubhuku rake re semi-autobiographical "The Sorrow of Belgium" (1983). Vakawanda vevadzidzisi vaClaus vaiva varudzi veFlemish vaitsigira chiFascist, uye Claus akabatana neFlemish National Union yaitsigira vechiduku vechiGermany. Baba vake vakambosungwawo kwenguva pfupi pashure pokusunungurwa
nokuda kwokubatira pamwe. Anonzwira tsitsi kuruboshwe rwezvematongerwe enyika panguva yakakura zvikuru muupenyu hwake, Claus akarumbidza muenzaniso wehurumende mushure mekushanyira Cuba muma1960.