Berlin, October 1946
Berlin, October 1946Lotte watched enviously how Ursula and Tom fell deeper in love with every passing day. Since they had officially applied for an intermarriage license, Mutter had grudgingly agreed that Tom was allowed to spend time in the apartment – although never the night. Lotte laughed at her mother’s bigotry. The two of them already had a child together, for God’s sake.
Thankfully, she herself was too busy with her studies at the university and her part-time job to dwell much on missing and worrying about Johann. She wrote him a letter every month and delivered it to the Red Cross office, although she never received anything in return.
By now the older woman there knew Lotte well and only shook her head slightly when she saw her again. Lotte wasn’t the only
