‘You could easily take the day off tomorrow,’ Lotte pleaded with Alex as they walked along the flagged “Unter den Linden”. Berliners were proud that their city was hosting the Olympics and they had pulled out all stops to make the games a success. Nazis or no Nazis it would have been the same without them as far as they were concerned.
Lotte wanted to see Jesse Owens run in the 100m sprint final and had hoped Alex, her husband would go with her.
‘Please, come with me Alex,’ she beseeched him.
‘Look at all those people, they have so much fun. We will have so much fun together.’
Alex bought two ice-creams from a seller with a small, mobile stand. The ice cream came in huge shells, made out of wafers, and while handing Lotte her ice-cream he said,
‘You know, I have to go to the office and…
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