But in her spiritual journey she has made some crucial discoveries. We're just knotted together. It's so visible. I mean, both Jewish children and German children grew up with a wall of silence. You don't have to say this is something we can't talk about.
Kids just know.
And German kids grew up with a subject that was forbidden, just as forbidden as it was for the children of Nazi victims.'' Despite this silence, Brett's upbringing left her understanding certain truths. She never heard her parents, despite their pain, denigrating Germans, or anyone else for that matter. Perhaps they were simply too busy carving out a new life in Australia. Her name was Lydia. In a way, if your life is filled with hatred then it's a victory for whoever inflicted the damage on you in the first place.