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"I understand that," Annemarie answered. "But that group, once filled up
to the military body you desire, must be kept as isolated as possible lest
the disease spread beyond our ability to control."

"Then we are agreed," the chancellor said.

"Second, they must be watched."

"They will be," the chancellor agreed.

"Third, they must not be allowed to preach their political creed, even in
secret."

"The laws against the spread of Nazi propaganda remain in effect and
have served us well for decades."

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"Fourth, you must use them, burn them up, including, I am sorry to say,
the young ones we condemn to their 'care.'"

"That much I can guarantee."

"Then, I vote yes. Raise your formation, Chancellor."

The peace of the assembly immediately erupted into bitter shouts and
curses.

***
Babenhausen, Germany, 15 November 2004

There is peace in senility, for some. For others, the weakening of the
mind with old age brings back harsher memories.

Few or none in the nursing home knew just how old the old man was,
though, had anyone cared to check, the information was there in his file.
Among some of the staff it was rumored he was past one hundred, yet
few or none of them cared enough to check that either. Though he was
almost utterly bald, shriveled and shrunken and sometimes demented,
none of the staff cared about that. The old man spoke but rarely and
even more rarely did he seem to speak with understanding. Sometimes,
at night, the watch nurse would hear him cry from his room with words
like, "Vorw├дrts, Manfred . . . Hold them, meine Br├╝der . . ." or "Steisse, die
Panzer."

Sometimes, too, the old man would cry a name softly, whisper with
regret, hum a few bars of some long-forgotten, perhaps even forbidden,