How was his father? “He was smiling, trying to be happy. I remember too that my father lied to me.” Meaning? “He said, ‘In two or three months’ time, we will celebrate Christmas in Schliersee, at home, and we will be very happy all together.’ I was thinking, why are you lying? I knew from school, from what my friends were saying, what was going to happen. You must never lie to a seven-year-old child; it is never forgotten.” This was a week before the judgment. As far as Niklas was able to recall, he spoke not a word to his father. Nothing. “I didn’t say good-bye. The whole thing lasted not
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