Ukunqotshwa kweJalimane lobuNazi kwazwakala njengesijeziso esifanelekile. Futhi ngokusekelwe kulokhu, amakhasi amnyama ezwe elibi aqhubeka ebhalwa. Izwe elithuthuke ngokuhambisana nomoya wenkululeko, umculo walo kanye nama-parade awo. Mhlawumbe yingakho le noveli ibonakala ingeyokuqala, ngoba cishe akekho umxoxi womlando ovame ukukhuluma ukuwohloka kokuziphatha okuza ngokushesha ngemva kwanoma yikuphi ukungqubuzana. Futhi ama-intrahistories amaningi agcwele ukuqiniseka okumangazayo mayelana nenzondo yabantu edlula izinkathi zempi ayathuliswa.
I-East Prussia, ngoJanuwari 1945. Ukufuduka kwamaJalimane abalekela entshonalanga kusukela ekuthuthukeni kwe-Red Army sekuqalile. Endleleni yabo, abaningana babo bazothola isiphephelo eGeorgenhof, indawo eyilungelo lapho uKatharina von Globig ehlala khona, umyeni wakhe engekho, nendodana yakhe uPeter kanye nomalumekazi okude osebenza njengonakekeli wasendlini onomsindo.
Abantu bemvelaphi ehlukahlukene bazobukisa endlini: umdlali wevayolini wamaNazi, isazi sezomnotho, izicukuthwane zaseBaltic noma umbaleki ongumJuda; Ubufakazi obunye balezi zivakashi buveza umbono ohlukile ngempi, ubuNazi, isitha noma ikusasa. Ngale ndlela imibono yamaJalimane avamile ngomlando wawo siqu izwakala njengoba usizi lugadla emndenini.
Akukashicilelwa ngeSpanishi kuze kube manje, uWalter Kempowski ungomunye wababhali abakhulu baseJalimane bengxenye yesibili yekhulu lama-2006. Le noveli yokuvelela, eyanyatheliswa ngo-XNUMX, ithathwa njengengqophamlando yemibhalo ngokuhlola kwayo inkathi yomlando waseJalimane osekunesikhathi eside uthulisiwe ezincwadini zesiJalimane. I-panorama ecebile ka-Kempowski iveza ngobuciko, ngaphandle kokuqulwa kwecala kanye ne-documentary eqinile, ukuhlupheka, izinkinga kanye nokuphikwa kwabantu baseJalimane lapho bebhekene nokuwa kwe-Third Reich.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "Konke ngeze", incwadi kaWalter Kempowski, lapha: