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German victories come one after another. In Yugoslavia and Greece, the fighting is almost over. The English are losing in Africa. There is talk of tension in German-Soviet relations and these rumours are some kind of consolation. But we’ve been cursed too much for anything good to happen any time soon. We’re sure to have to suffer some more.

Somehow Dawid and his friends managed to get hold of the local German newspaper, which, though full of propaganda, still gave them some idea of the war’s progress.

In Britain over the following week, the Luftwaffe bombed Liverpool’s docks for seven nights in a row, part of a general increase in the campaign against Britain. Brian, who had yet to encounter a German in the flesh, wrote to Trudie later than usual, missing his virtually sacred letter-writing date by two days.