Berlin, June 1948 Berlin, June 1948Lotte was at the university, chatting with her girlfriends about the upcoming finals. She’d adapted surprisingly well to studying at university and diligently did her homework each night. Well, most of the nights. On Fridays, she went out with her friends to bars, dance clubs or the motion pictures. Life was good, but it could be so much better with Johann by her side. Not a single day passed that she didn’t think about him, hoping he’d return home like his friend Karsten and her own father had. From her professor she knew that the Allies had agreed at the Moscow Conference, one year prior, to release any and all German POWs by December 1948. That was only half a year away and gave her hope to be reunited with Johann before Christmas. Lotte smiled. Sh

