Chapter 18
Lotte shuddered despite the warmth of the late summer day.
She’d been to Ravensbrück with her parents before the war. It was located about sixty miles north of her hometown of Berlin – a lovely place in the huge Uckermärkische lake district amidst vast greenery. It couldn’t be that bad if she were sent to such a lovely place, right?
A work camp, the Gestapo officer had called it. Work, she could handle. At Aunt Lydia’s farm, they sometimes worked for ten or twelve hours a day during harvest. No, work didn’t scare her.
She just hoped her mother could visit every now and then. Mutter. She’ll be so disappointed. Tears rolled down her cheeks. I’ll beg her to forgive me for not listening to her. Please, God let them punish only me and not my mom, my sisters, or Aunt Lydia. They h
