Part 3: 1936-1937, Pages 175-199 Summary

The next chapter is called "Pestilence." The Kraushaars and Miriam go on a relaxing vacation to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. They swim and hike and find many German families who have left the country. As they are returning to Hamburg on the train, Sophie begins to feels like a prisoner being returned to jail. It is like a sickness has spread among the people, who have become mistrustful and afraid.

Sophie learns that her brother Sebastian is being held in Fuhlbüttel, a former prison that is now a concentration camp. She is allowed to visit the camp once a week and deliver a letter and clean clothes, but not to see her brother. Rheinhard is disturbed by her visits, but allows them.

The Kraushaar family begins to experience money problems as Rheinhard is receiving fewer and...