The face of the British soldier shone like the sun as a result of the adolescent German Soldier's work. As the brownshirt asked more and more questions about where the British army training camps were, he felt a pang of guilt and regret as he might have been in this soldier’s situation but he had to torture the Allied prisoners. He had gotten tired of trying to extract information from the Allies captured by the Hitler’s army. Then, one of his colleagues called out ‘Hans, it is time for your shift outside.’ He was the sun, beaming happily as he could escape into the fresh air and secretly talk to his best friend about life outside of Germany. He looked at the rows of identical houses containing the hopes and dreams of several imprisoned soldiers.
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But once War was declared by Germany, the sun was covered by a shroud of war-fuelled darkness. This led to Pierre being forced to leave his mother at the tender age of 14. Pierre’s previous life contrasted Han’s live as he had a chance to be a child whereas Hans had to work for Hitler since he was just ten years …show more content…
They slumped like beggars in the back alleys so that they would not attract attention from the Third Reich. They took the first train to the closest village to France. While they were on the train, Pierre asked, “Hans, what was your life like before Hitler came to power?”
Hans replied, “It was peaceful, no tyrant was roaming the land using young men to fuel his war machine that is the German nation.” That night, Hans and Pierre jumped off the train and ran to the French border. They ran to the border and tried to scale the wall with their sweaty hands and panicked breath but the guards noticed them and shot Hans as soon as they saw him. Hans howled like a wolf at the full moon when the bullet entered his lung.
The bullet felt like a searing piece of ice entering his body. He felt a true sense of freedom, he had no responsibilities anymore, he was free. As he went into the void, his last thought was about his mother blaming herself for forcing him to join the brownshirts. Pierre felt a melancholy happiness, that his friend’s last memory would be Pierre smiling at
But once War was declared by Germany, the sun was covered by a shroud of war-fuelled darkness. This led to Pierre being forced to leave his mother at the tender age of 14. Pierre’s previous life contrasted Han’s live as he had a chance to be a child whereas Hans had to work for Hitler since he was just ten years …show more content…
They slumped like beggars in the back alleys so that they would not attract attention from the Third Reich. They took the first train to the closest village to France. While they were on the train, Pierre asked, “Hans, what was your life like before Hitler came to power?”
Hans replied, “It was peaceful, no tyrant was roaming the land using young men to fuel his war machine that is the German nation.” That night, Hans and Pierre jumped off the train and ran to the French border. They ran to the border and tried to scale the wall with their sweaty hands and panicked breath but the guards noticed them and shot Hans as soon as they saw him. Hans howled like a wolf at the full moon when the bullet entered his lung.
The bullet felt like a searing piece of ice entering his body. He felt a true sense of freedom, he had no responsibilities anymore, he was free. As he went into the void, his last thought was about his mother blaming herself for forcing him to join the brownshirts. Pierre felt a melancholy happiness, that his friend’s last memory would be Pierre smiling at