1988 Interview done in Frankfurt with Traute Bauer, who lived in Berlin during the war.

[Above: Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, the end... for now.]

Can you tell me about yourself and your early life?

Traute: Yes, I was born in Berlin March of 1915; my father was in the Kaisers army on the east front as a lancer in Mackensen’s army. My mother was a seamstress and worked for the Wertheim store nearby. She had a hard time during the war as she was s…