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Incomprehensible
In Köln
I meet a fine cultured and
wealthy family
who run the musical world
and donate museums to the
beleaguered city.
He, a little older than me,
honest and lovable
shows me around
the old Roman steps and mosaic,
the medieval church
"and here when I was a youngster
I waved to Hitler
who was standing up there
coming out for an occasional meaningless gesture
And we all yelled in this square
'Wir wollen unseren Fuhrer - '
"How we could be taken in like this "
he says deeply perplexed and disturbed
"How we could be taken in like this,
- it is incomprehensible !" | 