The Hour of the Inevitable

“Oh, come on! Grow up.” Werner Bergen looked at his friend with contempt. “This will be over soon. History will forget about it. We will be nothing, even to ourselves. The next generation behind us will forget the war even happened, and if they remember, they won’t care because it doesn’t affect them. Don’t you see the thrill of this? We are given permission to kill! The world turns on its head. We get to sin without repercussion!”

Two German teenage boys, inseparable best friends, enthusias...