See You in Frankfurt! » life-before-letters http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com The Memoirs of Peter Weidhaas and Your guide to the past, present and future of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:56:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Wooden Rifle http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2009/10/the-wooden-rifle/ http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2009/10/the-wooden-rifle/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:34:46 +0000 Peter Weidhaas http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/?p=186 An excerpt from Life Before Letters by Peter Weidhaas

Chapter 6: Going Home Againpeter-weidhaas-wooden-rifle

They say that life moves forward in seven-year segments.

My childhood, the period from birth to age 7, 1938 to 1945, I can call nothing other than “happy.” The war seemed to be an adventure. Thanks to my parents’ care, I didn’t suffer any need. The bomb attacks on Berlin up until 1942 were exciting events for a young boy, who several times stood alongside the shelter supervisor at the door of the air-raid shelter to get a good look at the lights from the so-called “Christmas trees,” artificial illumination that was dropped to light up the bombing targets.

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