The days dragged on and Lotte relaxed – a bit. With every passing moment, the threat of the Gestapo arresting her faded. If Lina had talked before she killed herself, they’d have acted already. Whispers about the last days of the war were everywhere, but even that didn’t make her smile. The grief over the senseless death of the young woman prevented real joy. Because it just as easily could have been her cold and in the ground.
All throughout the garrison and beyond, rumors were rife, and confusion was the order of the day. Lotte and Gerlinde kept going to the radio room every day for their shift, but even the messages they received and sent became increasingly chaotic.
“Something big is happening, I just wished we knew what,” Lotte said.
“Have you seen that files and equipment are bein
