Herschel sat quietly in the corner of the cafe. There was a small pistol pressed against his chest, he could feel it there, beneath his rain coat, cold like ice against his pale flesh. His fingers were long, spindly, white. He was seventeen.
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May 1939
In the heart of Berlin, our family created and cultivated a magnificent bookstore—Wunderbar. Green and gold glazed tiles adorned the Art Deco exterior. Famous clientele such as Pablo Picasso, Josephine Baker, Sigmund Freud, Greta Garbo, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, and Hannah Arendt crossed borders to spend time in our shop. Some exuberant patrons described Wunderbar as a divine pilgrimage.
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