Statue The Good German
Once upon a time, there was a German boy who knew everything about fragility. Born in Meißen, Germany’s porcelain city.
Once upon a time, there was a German boy who knew everything about fragility. Born in Meißen, Germany’s porcelain city. But Karl-Heinz Rosch is unwanted, and his parents’ marriage ends early. His grandparents take him in. Karl-Heinz is thirteen when the German army invades the Netherlands. Becoming a forest ranger is not an option, because shortly after graduating from Gymnasium, in 1944, he receives his call-up for the Wehrmacht. The war brings him to Brabant, where he is billeted with the Kilsdonk family. The family gets along well with Karl-Heinz. So well, in fact, that the German soldier warns them in time when important visitors are coming, so the family can hide their radio and bicycles.
On Friday, October 6, 1944, the village shakes. The Allies and Germans are fighting. As Karl-Heinz Rosch and his comrades run out of the farm on their way to their cannon, they see five-year-old Toos and four-year-old Jantje Kilsdonk playing by the water well...
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