My ears are ringing. "Jeder! Hör mal zu!" What did he say? I can't hear Machine guns are blasting. "Josef, der Krieg ist vorbei. Wir verloren." Günter leans over and says in my ear. My heart pounds in my chest. Its over? All of a sudden the General is waving a white flag. "Wir verloren?" I ask. Günter nods sadly and angry. The second great war is over. But we lost. Again. 

And now,

Germany needs to suffer yet again, I know another is coming. Another depression.