A review by colleengeedrumm
The House by the Lake: One House, Five Families, and a Hundred Years of German History by Thomas Harding

4.0

In Germany, as in other European countries, the lime was a sacred tree, whose presence protected against ill luck.

We know not the place where our loved ones are - we know the place where they are not.

Music will feed you in your life.

For the second time in its history, its shuttered windows endured a long summer, autumn and winter unopened and unwarmed by human company and the heat from a fire.

This is my last chance to tell my side of the story, to prove I am not an enemy, otherwise there is no reason to prolong my useless life. How should I prove that I am not an enemy if I am not an enemy? I have always fought for the working class and the party. I may have made mistakes but I am not an enemy of the people. I always had to work, sometimes I was not aware who I was working for. -Leopold Bauer

Most simply walked, enjoying the monochrome tranquility. (frozen lake)