The longer the war lasted, the more I thought about when it would end. Unfortunately, the forecasts were not too optimistic - a lot of factors indicated the probability of a protracted massacre. Everyone understood it, but they didn't say it out loud - no one wanted to believe it. I didn't want to believe it either, so when they asked me what I thought about it, I answered something like: "Tomorrow the Führer will choke on a pistachio and everything will be over." It was actually quite real. If ... read more