Phakathi kuka-1945 no-1946 imibono edumile ye- Izilingo zaseNuremberg. Unya lwamuva nje lobuNazi lwaludinga ukuba kuthathwe isinyathelo esisheshayo esathatha izinyanga eziningi futhi esasisebenza njengohlobo oluthile lomthetho wendawo yonke lokucatshangelwa kanzima kwamacala empi; yalokho kucatshangelwa okudumile kobugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini ngenxa yobugebengu obuvunyelwe empini yokungcwaba ukuqothulwa kohlanga, isisombululo sokugcina sobuNazi obuthweswe ubuhlanya bokubusa.
Izikhulu eziningi eziphakeme ezazithunjwe kuMbuso Wesithathu zanikeza indaba yenqubo yakhe yokubulala enyantisayo, ezinye zabaleka (ngisho noStalin wabonisa ukuthi uHitler ngokwakhe wayebalekile. Kulokhu ngitusa inoveli yami yezincwadi Izingalo zesiphambano sami, ecabanga ngalokho okweqisayo)
Kodwa leyo ndlela yokuqala yobulungisa ayikwazanga ukumboza yonke into ngokujula okudingekayo. Ezinye izivivinyo eziningi zasabalala kulo lonke elaseJalimane elizwisa ubuhlungu ngokwedlule futhi yanquma ukuqhubeka nokuziphendulela ize isuse lolo thuli olumpunga olubi kunembeza wayo.
Le noveli isibeka onyakeni ka-1963, isikhathi okwaqulwa ngaso icala lase-Auschwitz, imibono yalo kukhona ngisho okuqoshiwe umbhali. U-Annette hess kubuyekezwe ngokucophelela i Ingobo yomlando yase-Wiesbaden.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, ngamakhono okubhala esikrinini ka-Annette owaphenduka unoveli, waqala ukwakha le noveli okwakulula ukuyifunda. Esheshayo esenzweni sayo kodwa futhi ethokozisayo kuleyo mpilo yangaphakathi yezingxoxo eziphenduke izingxoxo ezibonakala zimema umfundi ukuthi azindle, ahumushe umusho ngamunye, ahlale ngaphakathi komlingiswa oyinhloko ngokwakhe, u-Eva Bruhn.
Ngoba u-Eva ugcina esenguye ogxilisa yonke into kule ndaba. Izinto azitholile zimfaka emthonjeni wesikhathi esingekude kangako, lapho esenqume ukubamba iqhaza njengotolika wesiPolish ecaleni lase-Auschwitz edolobheni laseFrankfurt. Futhi uthola ukuthula okuvuleka emndenini wakhe, imikhondo emnyama engaholela ekutholweni okungalindelekile. Ukushaqeka okunzima nokuba ngokoqobo kwezilonda ezingakapholi kahle, igazi elichithekile futhi lisashisa, lobuhlungu nomuzwa wecala.
Ekuqaleni, isebenzisana kuphela nokuhunyushwa kobufakazi ngokubuka kochwepheshe. Kodwa njengoba ethola unya, ukungabaza kuyamhlasela. Futhi nakuba efuna ukucabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe akuyena ozokwahlulela yonke into, ukungena endaweni yetulo lakhe lomuntu siqu kuzogcina kubhekene naye ngesahlulelo esibi kakhulu somhlaba wonke.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi The German House, incwadi entsha ka-Annette Hess, lapha: