“They say every man goes blind in his heart
They say everybody steals somebody’s heart away…”
~ Mazzy Star.
October, November & December 1941.
Kurt’s unit crosses the Mius River and captures Taganrog, but rains transform dirt roads into impassable mud. In Berlin, Moshe gets rounded up with other German Jews and arrives in the Theresienstadt Ghetto. Elisabeth stops by Moshe’s apartment and finds it occupied by another family. Distraught, she turns to Gertrud and learns the sickening truth. Returning home, she confesses to Adele how she won’t share the news with Kurt until he returns home.
Pouring rains give way to snow, and frozen mud means Kurt’s unit is on the move once again. Having lost contact with Russian forces, they arrive on the outskirts of Rostov. The city easily falls, but a Russian counterattack forces their unit to retreat. On a bluff overlooking the burned out city, Kurt nearly freezes to death while on watch at night. As he’s about to doze off, Anna’s voice wakes him in time to rebuff a Russian attack but Kurt gets wounded.
Elisabeth receives the first letter in months from Kurt, but it’s heavily redacted. As Kurt recuperates in a Polish hospital, Zandra spends time with him just before Christmas. While on the mend, they enjoy a brief affair.
