Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 1
Night has fallen, but there is no peace.

The sky was eerily red by the firelight, and there were bursts of gunshots and rumbling artillery fire in the darkness.

Groups of invaders poured in. Young women groaned in pain under the beasts, children cried heartbreakingly in the firelight, and angry men were thrown into sacks and tied with lead wires. A cup of kerosene was poured down, leaving only The man who was on fire was rolling wildly on the ground.

They enjoy the process of inserting bayonets into the chests of civilians and the touch of beating babies to death with blood splattering all over their bodies.They like to see humble begging for mercy and desperate eyebrows.

Groups of civilians fell into pools of blood, and corpses were piled on the sand.Fire breaks out and burns up all sin.

roar!Hiss!moan!Howl!
Nanjing was in flames, and a pair of sinful hands stretched out. .

The figure on the bed suddenly jumped up.

Rosia woke up.

Her head was covered with sweat. She reached out tremblingly and pressed the lamp. The orange light suddenly dispersed the darkness in the room.

I don’t know how many times this was the first time I woke up. Rosia sat on the bed and looked out the window at the dark night without saying anything.

Bloody dreams have become a thing of the past, frozen in history.Berlin now is quiet and beautiful.

Rosia sat on the bed, unable to think for a long time. It wasn't until the sweat on her forehead had dried in the cool night that she opened the drawer and took out an envelope.

"Sia, although I know it's wrong, please believe that I have no choice but to do so. Sending you back to Berlin is not a rash decision. You may feel strange and uncomfortable, but the empire is safe enough. You can go live with your Aunt Mesa, There is no damn war in Berlin, no shameless invaders, and you don’t have to hide around anymore. If possible, I really want to go with you, but I can’t. You must live a good life and don’t miss Nanjing. I will pray for you. . . ”

The letter was not long, and Rosia quickly read it again. Like every time before, she could not help but recall the night she just woke up in Nanjing.

No words can describe the tragedy of Nanjing on the 13th, and no words can describe the crazy massacre by the Japanese invaders.At that time, Nanjing was like a purgatory on earth, filled with civilians running frantically for their lives and tyrannical Japanese.There was blood, severed limbs, corpses, ruins, buildings riddled with holes, and looted shops everywhere.

Rosia has watched many Anti-Japanese War movies since she was a child, but none of them can match the real history.And the cruelty of history seems to be even more merciless when it comes to Nanjing.

She thought she would die in Nanjing in 1937, but fate still sent her to another continent, a strange country.

Whenever she saw the sentence "The Empire is safe enough" on the letter, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.

How could the mother of this body know that in the near future, this safe enough empire would engulf Europe, use its own power to fight against the world, and start a world war?

From a medical student to a 16-year-old girl, from modern times to more than 70 years ago, from China to Germany, from Nanjing to Berlin. .

Whenever she thinks of this, Rosia always wonders if it is all fake. However, when communicating with people, the German that comes out as sharp as ramen noodles forces her to face reality.

Berlin…Europe…World War II…

No matter how you think, feel stuck.

She didn't know the specific time when World War II started, but the Nanjing Massacre had already been experienced, and the battlefields in Asia were already everywhere, and the European battlefields were only in the past two years.Anything can happen in a war. She wanted to prepare in advance, but found that she had nowhere to start.

At that time, probably no place was safe!

The original Rosia is actually of mixed Chinese and German descent, her mother is German, and she takes more of her mother's cues, and her appearance is more German.

The Japanese invasion was so fast and the Nanjing Massacre happened so suddenly. She was hastily sent to Berlin without any companions.As for where Aunt Mesa in the letter was and how to find her, she had no clue.Fortunately, she is now taken in by a Jewish family and does not have to worry about life problems for the time being.

The night was already very late, and Rosia tried not to think about Nanjing. She lay on the bed and forced herself to fall asleep, but the effect was not very good.

As a result of a poor night's sleep, the next day she arrived in the living room with panda eyes and a pale face, like a zombie.

"Oh, my God, my dear Thea, where did you go last night?" Mrs. Cornman, who was setting the meal, was startled.

Rosia felt quite embarrassed. In modern times, she was also a famous night owl. If she didn't sleep all night, it would be just a little lack of energy. Who would have thought that this body has good work and rest habits, and it would be bad if she didn't sleep well all night. It's like digging a grave in a cemetery.

"Is it really obvious? I mean the face." Rosia pressed her forehead "sadly".

Mrs. Cornman smiled, and her little daughter Lisa ran out of the room. When she saw Rosia, she smiled mercilessly: "Haha, Rosia, you look like the one in our school who can't get her boyfriend." Love Letter Maniac.”

Rosia: "..."

"Okay, go wash your hands." The kind-hearted Mrs. Cornman pushed her daughter into the bathroom, invited Rosia to sit down, and pointed to a dessert on the table: "Try my new craftsmanship and see if it suits your appetite."

Rosia thanked her but did not sit down. She followed Mrs. Cornman to the kitchen to serve her meal. The elegant and exquisite white dining table was soon filled with the aroma of rice.

It is strange that there is no employment in an upper-middle-level family like Mrs. Conman, but Rosia later learned that in 1935, Hitler held the Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg, announcing that Jews had no right to vote, and the right to be elected was strictly prohibited in Germany. People intermarried with Jews, and Jewish families were prohibited from employing German women.

Germans are no longer hostile to Jews. Although they may suffer some mental injuries, Jews are generally wealthy and their material life is still very good.

Mrs. Conman's family was obviously very good people. When she first arrived in Berlin and was living on the streets, they took her into their home without caring about her status and raised her for more than half a year.

Rosia is a pure medical student who can't do anything except hold a knife with her hands. Mrs. Cornman's family is in very good health and she probably won't need any help in her life.

It’s just that anti-Semitism in various countries was very strong during World War II. Most Jews born in this era were unfortunate.Although Rosia knew some history, it was obviously unrealistic for her to change the fate of the Jews. She did not even dare to imagine what would happen to Mrs. Conman's family in the future.

When Lisa came back from washing, Mrs. Cornman's dinner was also served.Mr. Conman is very busy with his business, so you don’t see him very often on weekdays, and now he hasn’t been home for several days.So there are only Rosia and three people in the whole restaurant.

"Pray first." Mrs. Cornman lowered her head: "Thank God for cleansing our things and giving us delicious food. May the hungry people no longer be hungry, and may the good things continue to be good, Amen."

"Amen."

"Amen!"

After the meal, the two helped Mrs. Cornman clear the table.

Today is the weekend, Lisa doesn't have to go to school, and Mrs. Cornman feels that it is already autumn and the weather is getting colder. The two girls don't have many thick clothes, so they take them to the street to buy new clothes.

The sunshine in Berlin is very clean and bright. It makes the already white Europeans look more dazzling when it hits them, but it also makes Rosia's two dark circles even more outstanding.

After receiving incomprehensible looks from passers-by and chuckles from Lisa's classmate, Rosia had no choice but to be thick-skinned and resist all the way.

When passing by a clothing store, Mrs. Cornman was about to take the two girls in when she heard the sound of quarreling coming from inside.

"Why don't you sell it to me? I have the right to know the reason for being treated unfairly." An angry voice said.

"Madam, I think you will not forget the law established by the Führer. Jews have no right to use the German flag and the colors that symbolize Germany." A disdainful voice.

The angry voices stopped.

The three of them also froze on the steps.

"Well, I think the clothes on Felice Street will look better. Why don't we go there." Rosia carefully broke the deadlock.

Mrs. Cornman nodded, turned around and pulled the two girls towards another street, her expression not very good.And Lisa also looked gloomy and couldn't lift her spirits.

Rosia sighed in her heart, now that Germany is not openly anti-Semitic, she is afraid that by then, Mrs. Cornman's life will be even more difficult.

After hurriedly buying two thick long skirts and coats for the two children, Mrs. Cornman left on the pretext of having something to do, gave Lisa a handful of change, and let the two children go home by themselves.

Lisa was still a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. As soon as Mrs. Conman left, she lost her composure and complained, "Why do the Germans treat us like this?"

Rosia was speechless.Aryans and Jews are inherently at odds. After Hitler came to power, various laws and regulations sprung up like mushrooms after rain. How can we answer the question why under such anti-Semitism?

Sure enough, Lisa didn't expect to get any answers. She shook the paper bag in her hand and said angrily: "It's all about the damn Treaty of Versailles. The Germans have been squeezed to the extreme, and they just want to get it back from us."

This is still light. When the real national anti-Semitism begins, that will be the end of the Jews!
Rosia didn't want to continue such a heavy topic, so she asked Lisa to tell her interesting stories in school, and she got home safely all the way.

The two of them went back to their rooms. Rosia put the new clothes in the closet, took out a notebook from the drawer, and wrote down what happened today in Chinese.When she finally wrote down the time, she realized that today was National Day.

1938 10 Month 1 Day.

Although China had not been established at this time, and although China and Japan were still fighting fiercely on the Pacific battlefield, when seeing this date, Rosia could not help but feel some excitement in her heart.

But after the excitement, she didn't know what to do, so she had no choice but to add another sentence at the end of the note, Happy National Day!

　This is my first post, and it’s still relatively unpopular. I’m ashamed to ask for support!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)