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"Some of them were shot," Mama told her sadly "Peter was shot, in the ared, and in a sling, at Lise's funeral? He wore a coat over it so that no one would notice And a hat, to hide his red hair The Nazis were looking for him"

Annemarie didn't rerief "But what about Lise?" she asked "If she wasn't shot, what happened?"

"Fro, and simply ran her down"

"So it was true, what you said, that she was hit by a car"

"It was true," Papa told her

"They were all so young," Ma her head She blinked, closed her eyes for aWith soLise, Annemarie looked from the balcony down into the street She saw that below, a, and the sound of the churchbells, people were dancing It brought back anotherthe yellow dress, dancing with Peter on the night that they announced their engagement

She turned and went to her bedroom, where the blue trunk still stood in the corner, as it had all these years Opening it, Anneun to fade; it was discolored at the edges where it had lain so long in folds

Carefully she spread open the skirt of the dress and found the place where Ellen's necklace lay hidden in the pocket The little Star of David still glea to the balcony, where her father was standing with the others, watching the rejoicing crowd, She opened her hand and showed him the necklace "Can you fix this? I have kept it all this long time It was Ellen's"

Her father took it from her and examined the broken clasp "Yes," he said "I can fix it When the Rosens coive it back to Ellen"

"Until then," Annemarie told him, "I ear it myself"

Afterword

How much of Annemarie's story is true? I knoill be asked that Let ins

Annerew there from the stories told to me by my friend Annelise Platt, to whoen during the long years of the German occupation