the repatriation of deportees is now considered to be finished. “It isn’t finished, though. My family isn’t on any of the lists, but they haven’t come home, either.” Caught between waning hope and the absence of proof, Myriam is in agony. She remembers the rumors she heard in the hotel lobby: “There are still ten thousand people out there somewhere. Don’t worry. They’ll be back.” “They say there’s a camp in Germany where they’re putting people who have lost their memory.”
