Chapter 3

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1940.
They were winning the war. Gustav couldn't believe it when 3 months earlier he received the news from Otto. How under the leadership of the führer had they managed to come so far? However, Gustav was still skeptical; Goering's 4 year plan seemed to be working, but how were they supposed to just live in bread and potatoes?! As Hans snuggled in to Gustav skeletal figure, he couldn't believe how little the Nazis had considered it! It was getting harder and harder for Gustav to avoid gluten, how was a celiac supposed to survive!
Meanwhile, Klaus was at his now almost normal daily meeting, his new friend Paul sat beside him. His brain had slowly been corrupted by the views of the Reich Church and his tongue slowly loosened. It was getting easier to speak of the horrors bespoken at home. He'd already let slip how bitter his mother was about her role as a housewife, and how his father was not likely to survive the war on such a gluten based diet. What young Klaus knew not was that every word he spoke was put in a vast log, ready to be used against his parents...

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