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The Eye of Chaos
The Eye of Chaos
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World War II is thundering to its frenzied conclusion in Hitler’s capital, Berlin. Discipline gone, ranks scattered, the attacking Red Army drives its assault into the city from multiple compass points.
Isolated in their damaged home in a quiet corner of Berlin, the Hartmann family struggles to accommodate to life in their cellar. The upper two floors of the home were rendered uninhabitable by a shell or aerial bomb. Just now, “Papa” Hartmann, 67, and daughters Elli, 26, and Gisela, 17, are “making do.” In these final days of April 1945, Papa has observed Elli as she stands looking out through the cellar’s only window.
This concerns Papa. Elli has told him the living, but apparently wounded, body of a German solider lies just beyond the window. Papa speaks to Elli: “Another mouth to feed would mean the end of our larder, my Treasure.”
“Don’t worry, Papa. I’m already stretching it.” And there they rest. The Red Army sack will go on. The Hartmanns will struggle on, filling pages with defiance.
Isolated in their damaged home in a quiet corner of Berlin, the Hartmann family struggles to accommodate to life in their cellar. The upper two floors of the home were rendered uninhabitable by a shell or aerial bomb. Just now, “Papa” Hartmann, 67, and daughters Elli, 26, and Gisela, 17, are “making do.” In these final days of April 1945, Papa has observed Elli as she stands looking out through the cellar’s only window.
This concerns Papa. Elli has told him the living, but apparently wounded, body of a German solider lies just beyond the window. Papa speaks to Elli: “Another mouth to feed would mean the end of our larder, my Treasure.”
“Don’t worry, Papa. I’m already stretching it.” And there they rest. The Red Army sack will go on. The Hartmanns will struggle on, filling pages with defiance.
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