"Rudi looks ready to cry. 'They fired question after question at me. They took my words, twisted them, and used them against me. They wanted to know what adults were involved. '
This is unfair!' says Helmuth. 'A Gestapo badge is not a license to abuse innocent people.'
Rudi quiets him. 'I told them to ask Inspector Becker, that he would know who I am. The men wrote his name down and then said they'd check out my story, and for my sake, I better not be lying. I'll never forget the look in their eyes - like they enjoyed scaring me - and then they said, 'We'll find out the truth. We always do.'"
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