‘Just tell her the truth. That people are losing their jobs just because they are Jewish.’ He paused. ‘That’s not strictly true. Other people are losing their jobs, too, because they are opponents of the ruling party but, in a dictatorship, that is what nearly always happens, so it is easier to rationalise. But targeting Jewish people is just madness.’ ‘We don’t live in a dictatorship. This is Germany. We’re a democratic country. You might not like Hitler or the National Socialists, but the country voted for him.’
