"Lore," Section 1 (page 51-56) Summary

In Bavaria in early 1945, Lore lays awake listening to sounds outside of her room. When she rises to find the source, she sees her father, Vati, in uniform, with soldiers at the door. The war is ending, and the family has to leave. As Mutti, or Lore's mother, packs their bags quickly, Lore readies her four siblings, including younger sister Liesel, younger brothers Jochen and Jurgen, or Juri, and baby brother, Peter. They arrive on a farm deep in a valley, where the family can wait out the ending of World War II. The landscape is beautiful, and the children can barely remember their war torn cities, as the children play outside near the brook and the fields sway in the wind. The farmer's wife brings Mutti and the five children food each day, since...