All Hell Let Loose
“Many Germans were of the same opinion, making grim preparations for the moment when invaders would sweep their country. A German NCO named Pickers wrote to his wife in Saarlouis: ‘You and I are both living in constant mortal danger. I have written finis to my life, for I doubt if I’ll come out of this alive. So I’ll say goodbye to you and the children.’ Soldier Josef Roller’s father wrote to him from Trier: ‘I have buried all the china and silver and the big carpet in the stables. The small car...pet is in Annie’s cellar. I have bricked in Annie’s china where the wine used to be. So if we should have gone you will find it all, but be careful in digging, so that nothing gets broken. So, Josef, all the best and keep your head down, fondest greetings and kisses from us all, your papa.’ The German people understood that if the Russians broke through in the east, all was lost. ‘Then there’ll be nothing left but to take poison,’ a Hamburg neighbour told Mathilde Wolff-Monckeburg, ‘quite calmly, as if she was suggesting pancakes for dinner tomorrow’.MoreLess
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