CHAPTER 16 April 1942 . Anna and Peter saw more of each other after that. They were both frequent visitors to the library, and Peter often stayed there to study. He could get a lot of work done in one of the quiet corners. Professor Kaltenbach approved. He was not totally sympathetic to the Nazi view that boys needed more exercise than education. If Peter wanted to be a doctor or a scientist, after he had done his duty as a Luftwaffe pilot, he would have to pass some tough exams. Anna began to join him at his desk, and work alongside him. She was studious – she certainly didn’t sit there to chatter. Then, when it had gone dark, they would walk home together. Sometimes they would talk about friends they both knew, sometimes they would whisper about their homework. One week they both had the same essay: ‘How did Adolf Hitler save the Fatherland?’ ‘There’s not a great deal of scope for argument in that question, is there?’ said Anna. ‘I just trotted out the usual stuff about communists and Jews and Versailles.
