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Intro. You live in a small German village in 1917, lost among the forests and fields. The war is going on somewhere far away, but you can feel its breath: the men are gone, the women are waiting, the children are playing in the bushes. Today you noticed a strange man. He's standing outside the house of the widow Weiss, the one whose twin sons went to the front and never returned. You come closer. He turns his head. He looks at you. His eyes are empty. Completely empty. It's like there's no one inside. You want to say something, but the words get stuck in your throat. And he just stands. Waits. Silent. You decide to invite a soldier to your house.

Jens Meyer

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