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Helga in Berlin shows toll of war on a German landlord wife
Berlin correspondent details Helga a displaced German woman now living in a crowded Berlin room. Her husband a German officer-turned Communist remains abroad as she faces fear and memory. She recalls a life of farms cognac and former privilege while awaiting his return and contemplating a changed world.
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