Parts 7 to 9 of ?The Bright Side of the Doom“

This factual novel is a prequel to ?The 18-Year-Old Who Wrote a Note and Disappeared“. It is based on real events that took place between 1933 and 1989 in central Germany.

Part 7: Dogs Are Only Human Too

It was a beautiful, warm Sunday. As always, we children had to put on our good Sunday clothes. For me, these were shoes, white knee socks with colorful pompons and the hated sailor suit made of a blue wool, with the big sailor collar that scratched so terribly, and I hated it. ?? CONTINUE READING

Part 8: A Little Shopping Trip

Friday was a special day. If my father had an early shift, he was already home in the afternoon with the week’s wages. My mother put on a pretty dress, Hannchen and the baby carriage were cleaned up, and I had to put on shoes and a clean shirt. ?? CONTINUE READING

Part 9: Cinema In The Village

There were three bars in the village. In one of them, the dance hall had been converted into a cinema. The first silent films were shown here, and a little later the first UFA sound films, of course everything was still black and white. ?? CONTINUE READING

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