Memory fades

I saw the movie Valkyrie, about a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1944. The film itself is better than the reviews allow and isn't too bad -- quite adequate if not very Christmasy.

But leaving the theatre I overheard a girl, perhaps 14, maybe a little younger, ask "Dad, why were they trying to kill the, errh, President of Germany? And why were we supposed to want that to happen?"

Trust me, when I was 14 nobody had to be told who Hitler was and why we would have preferred him dead sooner rather than later ... .
James Morton