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Chapter 53

           Andhepromisedhewouldcomebackafterthewarandbuildmesomethingnew.AfterthebestBauhausprinciples."AllthenoteswerewritteninFrench;notawordofGermananywhere.Theplanwassigned.AntonKiuber,leseptjuin,ran4delaGrandeFolie.Inoticedoneofthesketcheswasofatheatre,asmallamphitheatre.Anexoticsickle-shapedapronstage,acanopiedproscenium."Andyourtheatre.""Yes.Hewasgoingtocomeanddesignforme."Heletmelookafewmomentslonger,thenheturneddownthelampagain."ForayearduringtheOccupationeverythingwastolerable.Wewereveryshortoffood,butAntonandhismenshuttheireyestocountlessirregularities.TheideathattheOccupationwasallamatterofjackbootedstormtroopersandsullennativesisabsurd.MostoftheAustriansoldierswereoverfortyandfathersthemselveseasymeatforthevillagechildren.Onesummerdawn,in1942,anAlliedplanecameandtorpedoedaGermansupplylandingcraftthathadanchoredintheoldharboronitswaytoCrete.Itsank.Hundredsofcratesoffoodcamebobbingtothesurface.Bythentheislandershadhadayearofnothingbutfishandhadbread.Thesightofallthismeat,milkandriceandotherluxurieswastoomuch.Theyswarmedoutinanythingthatwouldfloat.SomebodytoldmewhatwashappeningandIhurrieddowntotheharbor.Thegarrisonhadamachinegunonthepoint,ithadfiredfuriouslyattheAlliedplane,andIhadterriblevisionsofarevengefulmassacre.

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