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Rudi, the son of a former Nazi SS doctor, falls in love with Sarah, the daughter of Holocaust survivors. Rudi grew up blissfully unaware of his father鈥檚 past, but after discovering the truth, he ran away to Germany to create a new life for himself under a new identity. While researching his father鈥檚 war crimes, he meets Sarah, who is researching the family she lost during the Holocaust. They develop a relationship, and when Sarah becomes pregnant, Rudi proposes to her. Sarah is hesitant at
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HERMANN: You鈥檝e - you鈥檙e - of course, you鈥檝e broadened - you were young, and now you鈥檙e . . .
RUDI: Hermann? (Beat) You鈥檙e - Hermann, you鈥檙e here, you鈥檙e . . . in Germany. You鈥檙e - you鈥檝e met Sarah? (to SARAH) Sarah, this is . . . Hermann. He鈥檚 a childhood friend, an old . . .
RUDI looks at SARAH. He stops talking.
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RUDI: Just wait, I鈥檒l - Sarah, I鈥檒l. . . please. I鈥檒l call you in New York, I鈥檒l tell you what . . . happens. Just wait, please - wait a week, don鈥檛 . . . (Beat) Sarah? (Beat) Sarah? (Beat).
SARAH: I don鈥檛 know what to . . . Rudi?
Citation: Moscovitch, Hannah, East of Berlin, Playwrights Canada Press, 2009, pp. 72-79.
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