June 20, 1948
June 20, 1948Bruni was sitting on the shore of Wannsee Lake watching Marlene and Lotte splashing about in the water like small children. She shrugged and turned her face so the big-brimmed straw hat cast a shadow on her face. Despite the heat, she made sure the silk scarf around her shoulders didn’t leave a single inch of skin uncovered.
Only farmhands and silly women like her friends exposed themselves to the sun and received an inelegant tan. She stretched out her long, nylon-covered legs and, much to her chagrin, noticed a run creeping up her stockings. That would keep her busy for hours mending it.
The battery-powered wireless by her side was playing American music from her favorite station, RIAS Berlin, when the program was suddenly interrupted by the news that on the
