June 16, 2000 • Page Image 85
…They embrace in the way that loyal friends do. She has traveled from her home in Munich to see my grandfather. The 87-year-old woman also is a native Dresdener, and she is half Jewish. She lived in Dresden during the entire war, with two small children. Tante Illa will not talk about what happened to her. Out of respect, we do not ask. We sit in the cafe sipping eis kaffee — ice cream coffee — chatting. I follow the German. Suddenly she glance...…

















































