Write a short note on the eleven-year-old Helmuth’s experiences in Germany.
Answer:
Helmuth was in bed when he heard his parents discussing something seriously. His father was a doctor, who was discussing with his wife that either they had to commit suicide or the Jews would kill them for revenge. Next day, the father spent some time with his son Helmuth and later, shot himself in his office. His uniform was silently burnt in the family’s fireplace. Helmuth was so traumatised by this incident that he refused to eat at home for the fear that his mother would poison him.
This was the tragic end of his father, who was a Nazi supporter.