Those last four words. [WWII]

[**The following is taken from a memoir of Irmgard A. Hunt, who grew up in the mountains under Hitler’s Eagles Nest during the Second World War.**] >Mutti’s [**German: Mom’s**] journal ends with the entry concerning Christmas 1944. Several pages following it seem to be missing, ripped out perhaps. After that all the pages are filled with the dress measurements of her dozens of customers. Hidden among them is a final note written on January 10, 1946: “We have been under American occupation for over half a year now. Irmgard [**the author**] is in the second grade of *Gymnasium* and so much has happened.” >Those last four words, “so much has happened,” encompassing the spring of 1945 to the winter of 1946, sum up the most cataclysmic events of my life. _________________________ **Source:** Hunt, Irmgard A. “Hardship and Disintegration.” On Hitler’s Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. 191-92. Print.