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The Vanishing Sky by L. Annette Binder6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Etta doesn’t ask herself why, if the army is ready to conscript fifteen-year-old Georg, Max would be discharged. But at least her elder son, Max, is coming home to stay, after serving on the Eastern Front. Etta Huber, who has one teenage son with the Hitler Youth, Georg, prays for his safety, willing with all her heart that he’ll only be sent to build fortifications, not to fight. Yet the government-controlled radio continues to promise final, total victory, demanding ever-greater sacrifice. In 1945, Germany’s enemies are pulverizing the country with high explosives and pounding its armies from east and west. ![]()
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