Boston, Summer 1950
Boston, Summer 1950“Anna, Anna, they are coming!” Jan pointed with excitement at the group of people disembarking from the ocean liner.
Peter and Anna stood side by side with Peter’s adult son and their two young children. As they waited for their relatives to pass immigration, her mind turned to the past.
Two years prior, just as Anna had finished her doctorate at the Berlin University, her mentor, Professor Scherer, had been offered a professorship at the prestigious Harvard University in America. When he’d asked her to come with him as his right hand, she’d jumped at the opportunity. Professor Scherer had passed away of a heart attack recently and Harvard University had offered Anna his position.
Leaving a Germany in ruins hadn’t exactly been hard, but not seeing
