Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945 by Deighton Len

Author:Deighton, Len [Deighton, Len]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, War, thriller, Mystery
ISBN: 9780007387212
Amazon: B003P9XE3S
Goodreads: 12266549
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1987-11-12T08:00:00+00:00

Later that night, the two women were tidying the room. They had no living-in staff, and the two young village women who cooked and cleaned for them would not arrive until seven-thirty next morning. It being Sunday, they would come after Mass.

‘You’re not really going, are you, Inge?’

Inge was plumping up the cushions. She stopped and said, ‘To see the Führer?’

‘The man is a monster.’

‘So is Brecht. Even Peter said so.’

‘That’s different. Brecht doesn’t rail against the Jews and threaten his opponents.’

‘But he does, Lottie. Brecht passionately hates everything that I love. He despises the soldiers who fought in the war for us. He says horrible things about officers, and Pauli and Peter were both officers. He hates the Homeland. He hates the church. He hates us!’

‘I shouldn’t have come,’ said Lottie. It was no good. Inge was one of the most intelligent German women she’d ever met, but…

‘Don’t be silly, Lottie darling.’

‘I’m not being silly!’ said Lottie, a new, quiet anger in her voice.

Inge looked at her, not knowing how to deal with her. She’d never seen her sister-in-law on the verge of tears before. She’d never guessed that there were such strong emotions within her.

‘Did you read the speeches Hitler just made at Offenburg and at the University of Erlangen?’ Lottie asked her. ‘Everyone strives for expansion, he told them, and every people strives for world domination. World domination! He’s a madman, I tell you.’

‘You mustn’t take it all so seriously, Lottie,’ said Inge, much relieved to find that it was nothing more serious than Hitler’s rhetoric that had upset her. ‘It’s the sort of thing Germans want to hear. I am a German, and I understand these things. Please don’t worry yourself.’

‘Perhaps we should go back to Berlin.’

‘Please don’t go,’ said Inge. ‘It’s so nice to see Peter and Pauli together. And it’s Christmas.’

‘What is Christmas to me?’ said Lottie. ‘I’m a Jew. Or have you forgotten that?’

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