Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 16
During World War II, Germany arbitrarily arrested Jews and used the Jews as an excuse to invade many countries.

For this reason, Poles also have a lot of hatred towards Jews. Many people who don't understand believe that the disaster in Poland was caused by Jews. ,

The war has not yet begun. As an important figure in the hospital, Henry has not been treated unfairly, but what about after the war begins?Will he be arrested and sent to a concentration camp, or will he hide in a corner and eke out a living?

What about Bello and her kids?
Rosia couldn't imagine, she put her hand in Henry's hand, shook it solemnly, let go, and then said with a smile: "You are welcome to come to China anytime."

Henry looked at his hands, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Your Eastern etiquette is so bold even for ladies."

Rosia was a little embarrassed. She was thinking too deeply and forgot that Henry wanted to kiss his hand.

But Henry didn't mind. He took out a notebook from his white coat: "I heard Bello say that you are learning Polish, so I sorted out some key points, hoping to help you."

Rosia was startled and took it and opened it. She remembered that it contained some grammar that was easy to make mistakes, as well as several methods for remembering words. At the end, there were even some anecdotes and little jokes circulating in Poland, with English on the side. Made a translation. ,

Henry once taught Bello Polish, and he knew the problems of beginners very well. Although there is not much content in it, it contains mostly key points.The handwriting is clear and neat, and it can be seen that the person who wrote it is very careful.

Rosia clenched the page with both hands.

Mr. Henry is very kind, like so many good and good Jews in the past. He is so kind that it makes you want to cry.

In the evening, Rosia wrote notes and listened to today's radio. It still talked about the German invasion of the Czech Republic a few days ago. Although it was condemned by some small surrounding countries, most of them dared to be angry and dare not speak out, and besides, it was peaceful. Occupation, there were not many casualties, and the matter was settled.

The next day, Rosia went to listen to the nurses' conversation as usual. As expected, they changed the topic and apologized to her.

After that, the conversation shifted to the children and husband.

In the whole hospital, only Bello's child was only three years old. Others were either absent or had grown up to join the army.On the same day, Rosia met Bello's son Pino at the hospital.

Pino has soft brown-black hair, dark eyes, and a small face that hasn't grown yet. It's hard to tell who he looks like.However, he was already very smart and well-behaved. When he saw a group of nurses who exuded the glory of motherhood, they all sweetly called aunties and praised their beautiful clothes, which made a group of people want to hug him.

When it was Rosia's turn, the little guy tilted his head, looked at her curiously, and then grinned: "Sister!"

Pino's big eyes were as crescent-shaped. Even if Rosia wasn't interested in children, she couldn't help but like him when he looked so cute.

She didn't have any children's toys, so after thinking about it, she gave him a wooden eagle she had carved a few days ago.

Pino couldn't put it down and stayed with Rosia for an afternoon. He even asked her to teach him how to carve. In the end, Rosia refused because he was too young to hold a carving knife.

Time passed quickly, and a few months passed without anything happening. People in the hospital were still taking care of the patients and chatting together as before. The elderly would occasionally mention the war.

A war is really far away.

For the young people in their twenties from all over Europe in the hospital, it was an incident that happened to their parents. They would often hear about it, but they would never understand the cruelty depicted in the words.

If this word hadn't often entered Rosia's ears, she would have been confused by the "peace and prosperity" in front of her, just like everyone else.

She knew the war was in 1939, but she couldn't remember the specific time.

But it’s not far away, it’s August, and war is just around the corner.

On August 31, at the end of the month, Bello once again invited Rosia to her home.

Bello's home was not too far from the hospital, and it was not in a hurry to come back to work the next day.Rosia also often went to her house to play.Henry had something to do today and didn't go home. Pino was the only one at home. When Bello opened the door, Pino was lying on the table drawing. When he heard the sound, he raised his legs and ran towards the door.

"mom!"

Pino ran into Bello's arms, struggled for a while, climbed out, stood upright in front of Rosia, and said seriously: "Hello, sister!"

The Chinese he spoke was not bad, but still a bit awkward.

Rosia raised her hand to rub his brown-black hair and praised: "Pino said it well. I believe you will be able to learn carving soon."

Pino's eyes burst into brilliant light, and then curved into crescent moons. A small hand from deep inside him grabbed Rosia, pulled her to the table, and said expectantly and worriedly: "Sister, take a look. "

Bello glanced at the two of them with a smile, then went into the kitchen to prepare lunch for the three of them.

After a while, Rosia opened the door and came in, skillfully took out the potatoes and started cutting them.

"Is Pinault still painting?" Bello asked.

"Yes." Rosia nodded, looking a little solemn as she made cuts. She hesitated for a long time, but couldn't help but ask: "Bello, has Henry considered immigrating?"

"what?"

"Have you ever thought about leaving Poland and going somewhere else? Like Switzerland."

Bello put the potatoes into the pot, turned on the fire, turned to look at her, and said with a smile, "Leave Poland? Why did you leave Poland?"

Rosia didn't know how to explain World War II, so she could only start from a close perspective: "Then have you ever thought about Germany? It has so many ambitions. In the past few months, it occupied the Czech Republic and Poland occupied Danzig. If Germany How about calling in?"

Bello couldn't help laughing: "What are you worried about? Poland is not as weak as you think, and Germany is so poor. How can it have the financial resources to launch a war? Don't worry."

Rosia opened her mouth to speak, but closed it, saying no more.At this time, she felt that it was inevitable that Poland would fall in less than a month in history.They think too much of themselves, and ignore the growth of their opponents, and they can't even really understand the strength of the enemy country.

I spent some time in the sun in the small garden in the afternoon, and the day was almost over.Rosia's Polish was fluent enough, and she had been helping Director Fritz during this period. She originally wanted to leave early and go back to the hospital, but Bello and Pino tried their best to persuade her to stay, so she couldn't refuse, so she stayed.

At night, Rosia lay in bed and tried her best to think about the time when the Polish Blitzkrieg started. Unfortunately, she was not a history student and had not seen a movie about this war, so she had to fall asleep depressed.

It was about to dawn and everything was still in darkness. Rosia moved uneasily twice on the bed and opened her eyes suddenly.

(End of this chapter)