On the 25th July 1943 Helmut Shultz went to work as usual at a cheese factory in his hometown of Hamburg. He was a pacifist, although he kept this to himself, and wanted nothing to do with Adolf Hitler or the war which raged around him. He was a hard-working and God-fearing man, happily married to beautiful Emilia for a little over two years and had two small children; smiley and angelic Sophia, the apple of his eye; the epitome daddy’s girl who would turn two the following w
Hanna is based upon my own wonderful mum who has sadly departed this life. So this is my tribute to a very special woman and a little touch of magic I will always harbour in my soul. Without wanting to sound hackneyed, it was a privilege and delight to have known her, albeit for too shorter time, a sweet memory I caress daily. My mother was a curious woman and I never really understood her. She could be quite chaotic yet so very organised, so very funny yet often so secretly