“I did. Yes, I saw it all. At first, I thought it had to be that way; it was a part of war, eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. The toll that must be paid to make Germany great again. And then came the doubt. Not just because of Stalingrad. The British air raids were getting more severe every night. My father died in the bombing, my mother six months later, and then of course, the concentration camps. I wasn’t there myself, but I knew about it. I can’t sugarcoat it—I’d taken part in too many other things. But at some point, I saw that it was wrong. I tried to help where I could. Maybe not
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