Chapter 18: On the Wings of Singing
The teacher looked firmly at the students who stood up below, tears flowed from his eyes, his lower lip trembled slightly, but he still said loudly: "Students, adversity will pass, spring will still come, the great poet Heinrich. Heine said, 'The character of spring can only be recognized in winter, and behind the stove can the best May psalm be sung!' ’”
Although Lesner also graduated from college, he did not love literature, he had not yet realized that Heine was a Jewish poet, and he did not understand the meaning behind the teacher's words, and he thought that the teacher was telling the students not to fantasize about persevering in adversity, so he did not interject.
"Students, what is Heine's most popular poem?" The professor asked aloud.
The students replied reverently, "On the wings of song!" ”
"Then let's sing this song together, which is a combination of Germany's best poet Heinrich. The lyrics and music of Heine and the most romantic composer of all, Jakob Ludwig Mendelssohn, are the essence of German culture! Come! Let's sing! Let all adversity turn into nothingness in the song! The more the teacher spoke, the more excited he became, and as soon as he raised his hands, the melodious singing voice began immediately.
"On the wings of this song, my dear will go with me to the banks of the Ganges, the most beautiful places. The garden is full of red flowers, the moon is shining, the jade lotus is waiting there, waiting for her little sister, the jade lotus is waiting there, waiting for her little sister."
A non-commissioned officer who knew literature walked up quickly, leaned into Lesner's ear and said, "Sir, something is wrong, damn Heine and Mendelssohn are Jews!" ”
Violet whispered a smile, looking up at the bright stars, and roses whispered her fragrant mood. The gentle and lovely antelope jumped over and listened carefully, and the waves of the holy river in the distance made a noise, and the waves of the holy river in the distance made a noise. ”
Lesnar was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted to the meaning, and he immediately shouted at Mike: "Stop singing!" Shut up! Shut up! But no one heeded his hysterical shouting, and everyone sang the song as if they were devout congregants chanting hymns.
"I want to land with you, in the coconut grove over there, enjoying love and quiet, dreaming sweet and happy, dreaming sweet and happy, dreaming of happiness..."
"Bang" ......
The bullet struck the teacher's temple, knocking out a fist-sized hole from the other side, bringing out red-hot blood. The teacher collapsed with a smile on his face, leaving Lesnar with a pistol still smoking slightly.
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Anna was walking home when she heard the chatter of passers-by.
"Did you hear that? The SS put martial law on the University of Bremen, and the guns inside were like bursting beans, and many people were brought out..."
"I heard that there are traitors out there, and those old pedants will only blindly pursue Western-style democracy and so-called fraternity..."
"They were also sympathetic to the Jews, and I heard that the professors taught the children in private. Neumann (German Jewish scientist, father of computers and father of game theory) of electronic numbers! It's funny, numbers can be digitized, it's witchcraft! I've heard that they killed a lot of pro-Jewish teachers! ”
The more Anna listened, the more anxious she became, she turned her head and ran towards the university, because the heels were too high, she took off her shoes and ran fast with only her stockings, her golden hair messy in the wind.
The thunder in the distance was getting closer and closer, the temperature seemed to be several degrees lower, Anna was not in the mood to take care of that, she only hoped that Maninhoff would be fine, as long as there was nothing to do, everything would be fine, and she prayed to God in her heart that God would not let Maninhoff have any mistakes.
Silk raindrops began to fall scattered, and the coldness of the raindrops seemed to cover the city with a faint mist, and the thunder rang out violently to cover the angry gunshots.
Anna ran and saw the SS wall around the entrance of the university, in which groups of teachers and students were taken to military trucks parked on the side of the road, and the SS soldiers inside kicked and beat the people in the group who did not want to get into the cars or tried to escape or sat on the ground with their boots, and the cries were particularly piercing against the sound of thunder and rain.
"Mannhoff!" Anna anxiously shouted outside the human wall: "Mannhoff! ”
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Lesnar was smoking under a banyan tree, and he already had six or seven cigarette butts under his feet, but he still smoked one after another, not caring at all about the slight trembling of his fingers holding the cigarette, and the taste of killing was uncomfortable, especially when he was still facing the teacher who had taught him, and he persuaded himself over and over again in his own heart that the oath he had made by pressing the national flag could not be discounted because of soft-heartedness, maybe, maybe God would understand.
"Mannhoff!" Lesnar heard shouts in the distance, and rudely pushed away the struggling group to get into the car, and came to the edge of the human wall, where he saw Anna anxiously looking back and forth in the drizzle.
"Beautiful lady, I'm Byron. Manhhoff's university classmate and good friend, deputy head of the SS inspection team in Bremen. Lieutenant Lesnar, are you looking for him? Lesnar pushed back the wall and walked up to Anna and asked.
Anna took two steps back in horror, lowered her head and didn't dare to look directly at this "stinky foot demon" that everyone in Bremen was afraid of, Lesna took off his military coat and covered Anna's body, "He's okay beautiful young lady, don't worry, he will go home after the operation, besides, we are investigating the damned traitor, Mannhof is not among them, take my car, I will send you back, you will catch a cold if you are drenched like this." If you catch a cold, Mainhoff will blame me, won't he? ”
Anna nodded, took off her military coat and handed it to Lesner, said thank you and turned to leave, Lesner looked at the back of this stubborn girl and smiled, he didn't know what he was laughing at, was he happy for Mannhoff? Or do you feel that you see a trace of warmth in the cold winter?
"On the wings of this song, my dear will go with me to the banks of the Ganges, the most beautiful places. The students in the garden ...... singing the song again, and the SS soldiers raised their guns......
......Before the first stanza could be sung, bullets flew out of the bomb throwing port and hit the young bodies of the students, and Lesner shouted: "Ceasefire!" But the loud gunfire made it impossible for everyone, including Lesnar, to hear himself......