The Last Jews In Berlin
pages 121-143
This part of the book is when the characters are beginning to be captured (some more than others). Yet again, explaining each person's little story would take way too long, so I'm just going to tell one out of about five stories I read. Hans Hirschel lives with Maria von Maltzan, who he depends on for pretty much........everything. However, in return, he has to do all the household chores while she is at work. They are both Jewish, but Marushka (that's her nickname) is a countess, and everyone respects her, so she would never be deported. Hans is becoming more and more expensive to feed, so Maria has to work many extra odd jobs to keep up with rising food prices. Hans gets really bored sitting at home all day, every day, so Marushka buys a dog. He still doesn't seem happy to her, so she invites some fellow humans other than herself to the house to the party. Miraculously, Hans' fake name and profession hold up, and nothing goes wrong, or so we think so far.......
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