You make good use of the necessity for Hermann and Walter to make their way across the communities and boundaries of the time to find their way to safety. We learn a lot about the competing movement of people of these regions, and about the rationing of compassion for those deemed different, unclean or some other way tainted. And how easy for authority to ignore or even encourage mistreatment until confronted and called on the lack of care or concern for fellow human beings.
You make good use of the necessity for Hermann and Walter to make their way across the communities and boundaries of the time to find their way to safety. We learn a lot about the competing movement of people of these regions, and about the rationing of compassion for those deemed different, unclean or some other way tainted. And how easy for authority to ignore or even encourage mistreatment until confronted and called on the lack of care or concern for fellow human beings.
The great saga continues!