Alternate Endings, Suppressed.
I. Resistance
The young boy's voice sounded so far away, so very far away. Elsa looked around the cramped space that had been her home for the last six months.
The battle was over. Germany had won the war.
The roaring in her ears drowned out everything but the sound of her heart pounding in her chest, a pounding so loud that she was certain that the men of the Gestapo would hear it even outside the building, even in their headquarters in the center of town.
There would be no escape.
Her mute lips traced the last words of Elazar ben Yair as her hand found the haft of the kitchen knife, hidden beneath the thin mattress.
II. Emergence
The young woman stepped into the street, with the JoJo following shortly afterwards.
The battle was over; Germany had lost the war.
She heard the sound of the engine first, then the open-topped four-wheel drive vehicle filled with jubilant soldiers rounded the corner, their flag waving proudly.
The vehicle screeched to a halt. “Komm, frau,” commanded Junior Sergeant Vasily Ivanov, a smile crawling across his face.
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