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"Yes we are probably just a little hypersensitive. We must have activated

some electrical connections in the apartment, as I pressed the switch in the hall-
way, that must be why the radio suddenly started playing.”

They go and look at the big old radio, where the music that fills the apart-

ment comes from. Next to the radio there are several different things, a small box
with stop needles, a couple of rolls of yarn, a couple of old socks that are obvi-

ously needs to be repaired and an unopened letter in a yellowed envelope .with-

out the envelope it says:
“TO THE RIGHT PERSON”.

With a quick move, Katrin takes it the yellowed envelope, opens it and
takes out the letter.

"Well, this might be something we can use.”

She begins to read out loud from the old letter.
“Berlin, the 28th of May, 1942,

Friedrichstrasse 45

- Trudie Hinterglaub”
Katrin continues:

“To those who may find this letter. I am writing because my husband, the Gallery
owner Uno Hinterglaub, was arrested a few days ago by the Gestapo and since

then disappeared.

I am very scared for what happened to my dear Uno, since I do not know what he
has been taking in for. I have the feeling that soon I also will be taken away too

for interrogation. We, Germans, know that very few people in these times survive

interrogations by the Gestapo. At the moment, I do not expect to see my dear
husband alive again - it saddens my heart, but I must keep the faith for a little

while yet.

I might as well explain on his behalf who he is. Uno Hinterglaub has for the last
35 years worked thoroughly with art, and the last 15 years his primary focus was

on promoting modern and exhibiting abstract art. When the Nazis came to power

he was forced to close down operations in his gallery in Oranienburgstrasse, Gal-
lery Hinterglaub. The art he worked with and the artists he exhibited were

deemed: “Ein artet” by the Nazi and were declared illegal. Instead of being able to
continue as gallery owner, he was now forced to work for the Nazi regime, as an