Geheimnis Schuld

Honeyed bärenfang soured in the old man's mouth as her childish chatter abruptly exhumed his secret-stained soul.

“I read Anne Frank’s Diary in school, Opa. Do you know it?"

His granddaughter--now the same age as Anne when he'd led the Gestapo to her family's hiding place--waited, smiling, for his answer.