Part 1: 1933, Pages 43-67 Summary

Daniel and Armin return to Daniel's large bedroom in the next chapter called "Onslaught in Papier Mache." Daniel has a large table with a papier mache battlefield. Armin finds some dramatic classical music on Daniel's radio and turns it up as the boys set up painted lead soldiers in a re-enactment of a 1916 battle at the Somme between the Germans and French. Afterward, Daniel tells Armin that his father had been at the battle and nearly struck by a stray bullet.

"Victory Parade" is the title of the next chapter. Over Daniel's radio comes a news bulletin that Adolf Hitler has been named chancellor of Germany. It is January 30, 1933. The boys are excited that their Nazi hero has taken power, and they run into the street shouting. They see members of the SA, the Nazi paramilitary organization, handing out...