XI The Black Shoes Bitterfield Summary

XI, The black shoes: Bitterfield 1935. A mother is peeling potatoes while the daughter is doing her homework in a working-class flat. The daughter ask the mother if she could have two pfennings for the week. This way she can make the trip to the country because her teacher said Hitler wants the town people to get closer with the farmers. The mother does not have the money but said she will try. The daughter starts to help her peel potatoes when she ask her if she has to wear the old black shoes from welfare. The mother ask what the issue with the welfare shoes were. The mother ask if it was because they looked too clumsy. The daughter ask if she was being vain but the mother just pointed out that she was growing up. The daughter ask again for the money but the mother told her she doesn’t have it.

XII, Labour service: Lüneburger Heide 1935. A labour service column at work with a student and young worker digging together. The young worker tells the student they are there to learn how to work and will get paid for doing it. The leader says this according to the young worker he already knows how to work because he has been digging since he was 14 years old. The student notices the group leader …show more content…
A woman and two children are in a working class flat. A young worker and his wife are calling on them. The woman is weeping and complaining about the wages not being fair because she can’t afford enough good. There are footsteps in the stairwell and SA men enter the flat with a box placing it on the floor. A SA man gives her paper and they both exit. The children ask if the box was dad and ask if they can open it. The worker mentions the box is made of zinc and that we can open it. His wife tells him not to open it. The worker wants to see what they did to him. He says they made it out of zinc so no one could see what they did. The woman comes up with her children saying she still has her brother that might come for Hans and to keep the box