Blogs in January 1970

Two Brothers 1st January 1970

It is 1920 and two baby boys are born, and are brought up as brothers in Berlin. Paulus and Otto are the twin sons of devoted and happy Jewish parents Frieda and Wolfgang Stengel. But one of the children...

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The First Casualty 1st January 1970

Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines. A young English soldier is arrested and, although he protests his innocence,...

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