Chapter 6
Two days later Sabine’s supervisor, Herr Meier, called for a meeting during lunch hour. Such meetings were never a source of good news, and the women entered the assembly place with long faces.
“Twenty-seven employees called in sick with the flu,” Herr Meier said. Sabine groaned inwardly because she already knew what he would say next. “Our production is directly linked to the war effort and only with enough rifles can our soldiers succeed. Even though we are short-handed we must meet our daily quota. To remedy this situation, everyone will stay two hours longer today and come in one hour early tomorrow.”
Nobody cheered. But nobody objected, or groaned either.
“Total War! Sieg heil!” he shouted, shooting his right arm up in the Hitler salute.
“Sieg heil!” the women shouted b
