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STORIES FROM GERMANY
by: Brooke Allen
A Luftwaffe Airman's Daughter
In 1980, my girlfriend and I were traveling on a rail pass. We left from Milan bound for Frankfurt only because that is where the train went.
A German businessman sat across from us and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Frankfurt."
"Why? Frankfurt is so boring. You should go to Wiesbaden instead."
We asked, "Why?"
"Because that is where we live and you will stay with us."
His wife spoke English with a perfect British accent. It turned out her father had been in the Luftwaffe and had been shot down during the Battle of Britain. He became best ...
