When Georg arrived at the station where the nazi had put up there
headquarters he could just see Maria being escorted inside. After he had
told Liesl to take the children back in the house he had raced his car to
the station. His heart was beating in his throat. 'If anything happens to
Maria I will never forget myself,' he thought. He stepped out of his car
and walked up to the door.
A Nazi came to the door. "We don't need you here, Sir. You can go home."
"Home!" Georg replied astonished. "But, but my wife. I'm not going home without my wife!"
"We will provide a nice bed for her." The nazi laughed and turned around, about to close the door. "Now go home." He closed the door and left Georg outside.
For a moment Georg didn't know what to do. He was not going to leave Maria here all by herself. He turned around, facing the door. "Let me in you bastards!" He kicked the door till a window opened. Herr Zeller himself looked at Georg.
"Oh Captain, didn't they tell you, you could go home?" He asked in an innocent voice. "You can come back first thing tomorrow morning."
"I'm not leaving without my wife, Herr Zeller." Georg said again.
Herr Zeller did not answer. He made it look like he didn't hear it at all. "One of my men will come to your house early in the morning. Now go back to your children and don't do anything stupid, we do have your wife hear as you know. And you don't want anything to happen to her, do you." With that Herr Zeller closed the window again.
Georg looked one more time at the window and sighed. There was nothing he could do for Maria. He would go home. There he would make sure that the Nazi's wouldn't get his children as well. He stepped into his car and drove home.
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At that moment Maria was inside. She had heard her husband trying to get her home. She looked at Herr Zeller.
"Wasn't that lovely of the Captain to come here for his wife?" Herr Zeller asked jokingly at one of the soldiers.
"Too bad we don't have visiting hours." the guy riposted. "Herr Zeller where do you want me to take this lovely creature?"
"Where we keep all our traitors, of course." Was Herr Zeller's reply.
Maria wanted to break out and run to Georg. He would not leave her there, she knew for sure. But nothing happened. Maria started to panick.
"Georg, Georg!" She cried out.
One of the Nazi's who escorted Maria lifted his arm about to hit her, but before he could do so, Herr Zeller grabbed his arm. "Heinrich we don't hit ladies. Now bring her to her cel."
Karl, the nazi who had started the car, pushed Maria towards an hallway. He opened a celldoor. "Your quarters Mrs. Von Trapp."
Maria looked into a dark room with a simpel bed. She was not going to go in there. Karl pushed her again, but she didn't move. Now he pushed her real hard and she had to make a move to not fall down. "Move" He said in a low voice.
"I'm sorry dear, but Karl nor Heinrich have learned how to treat a lady." Herr Zeller told Maria
"You neither." Snapped Maria back. Maria looked at Herr Zeller, who by now became impatient.
"Heinrich, put this woman away before I loose my temper." He looked one more time at Maria and walked away.
Heinrich followed the instructions and pushed Maria into her cel. He locked the door.
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Georg parked his car and walked inside his house. Liesl and Friedrich came running into the hallway. They stayed awake to wait for their parents to come home.
"Father, where is mother?" Liesl wanted to know. Georg tried to hide his tears. He only nodded.
"Well then, where is she?" Friedrich asked. Now Georg couldn't fight his tears any longer. He started to cry. His two oldest children had never seen their father crying and were startled.
"Friedrich get father some water." Liesl directed her younger brother. Friedrich ran off. "Come father you need to sit down." Liesl sounded understandingly, but had no clue on what was going on.
After Georg drank some of the water Friedrich had brought him, he took a deep breath and told his children what was going on.
"The Nazi's took your mother. She is still there and they won't let her come home tonight." His anger came back up.
"But why?" Liesl asked.
"Oh, if I knew. They sent me home without telling anything. They come here tomorrow morning to pick me up. For what I don't know anymore. The only thing I know is that it doesn't feel right."
Georg looked up. He had an idea. "Liesl, Friedrich," He started enthousiasticly, "get all your sisters and brother ready."
"What will you do, father?" Friedrich sounded concerned.
"I'm not going to let you all be taken by the Nazi's as well. Friedrich, take your bike and go to the abbey. Tell them that Liesl will come with your brother and sisters. Hurry!"
Friedrich did what his father told him to do and drove off. Liesl went to the nusery to wake her siblings.
"Gretl, Marta, girls you have to wake up." Gretl and Marta sat right up in their beds, confused. "Is it morning already?" asked Marta.
"Did mother come back?" Asked Gretl.
"No." Liesl said in a sad voice. "But you have to get dressed. Put on the clothes you wore last night. Don't make any noice. I'm going to wake up the rest. I will come back in a minute."
The girls did all what Liesl asked and when Liesl came back she found the girls ready to go. They walked out of the nursery into the hallway. Their father was standing there.
When all the children had come down he got them close by. "Children, it is not save for you to stay here. Mother is still at the station and will not come back tonight. Tomorrow they will come for me, so you have to go away. Friedrich allready went to the abbey to tell that you are coming. Take your bikes. Don't make any noice. I will come as soon as possible to get you there."
The children walked to the shed where their bikes stood. Silently they took them and got ready to drive off.
"Liesl, please be careful. Make sure nobody sees you. Don't go outside the abbey. It's not save anymore for us. Now go, and know I love you all."
Georg watched his children get away and walked back inside.
A Nazi came to the door. "We don't need you here, Sir. You can go home."
"Home!" Georg replied astonished. "But, but my wife. I'm not going home without my wife!"
"We will provide a nice bed for her." The nazi laughed and turned around, about to close the door. "Now go home." He closed the door and left Georg outside.
For a moment Georg didn't know what to do. He was not going to leave Maria here all by herself. He turned around, facing the door. "Let me in you bastards!" He kicked the door till a window opened. Herr Zeller himself looked at Georg.
"Oh Captain, didn't they tell you, you could go home?" He asked in an innocent voice. "You can come back first thing tomorrow morning."
"I'm not leaving without my wife, Herr Zeller." Georg said again.
Herr Zeller did not answer. He made it look like he didn't hear it at all. "One of my men will come to your house early in the morning. Now go back to your children and don't do anything stupid, we do have your wife hear as you know. And you don't want anything to happen to her, do you." With that Herr Zeller closed the window again.
Georg looked one more time at the window and sighed. There was nothing he could do for Maria. He would go home. There he would make sure that the Nazi's wouldn't get his children as well. He stepped into his car and drove home.
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At that moment Maria was inside. She had heard her husband trying to get her home. She looked at Herr Zeller.
"Wasn't that lovely of the Captain to come here for his wife?" Herr Zeller asked jokingly at one of the soldiers.
"Too bad we don't have visiting hours." the guy riposted. "Herr Zeller where do you want me to take this lovely creature?"
"Where we keep all our traitors, of course." Was Herr Zeller's reply.
Maria wanted to break out and run to Georg. He would not leave her there, she knew for sure. But nothing happened. Maria started to panick.
"Georg, Georg!" She cried out.
One of the Nazi's who escorted Maria lifted his arm about to hit her, but before he could do so, Herr Zeller grabbed his arm. "Heinrich we don't hit ladies. Now bring her to her cel."
Karl, the nazi who had started the car, pushed Maria towards an hallway. He opened a celldoor. "Your quarters Mrs. Von Trapp."
Maria looked into a dark room with a simpel bed. She was not going to go in there. Karl pushed her again, but she didn't move. Now he pushed her real hard and she had to make a move to not fall down. "Move" He said in a low voice.
"I'm sorry dear, but Karl nor Heinrich have learned how to treat a lady." Herr Zeller told Maria
"You neither." Snapped Maria back. Maria looked at Herr Zeller, who by now became impatient.
"Heinrich, put this woman away before I loose my temper." He looked one more time at Maria and walked away.
Heinrich followed the instructions and pushed Maria into her cel. He locked the door.
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Georg parked his car and walked inside his house. Liesl and Friedrich came running into the hallway. They stayed awake to wait for their parents to come home.
"Father, where is mother?" Liesl wanted to know. Georg tried to hide his tears. He only nodded.
"Well then, where is she?" Friedrich asked. Now Georg couldn't fight his tears any longer. He started to cry. His two oldest children had never seen their father crying and were startled.
"Friedrich get father some water." Liesl directed her younger brother. Friedrich ran off. "Come father you need to sit down." Liesl sounded understandingly, but had no clue on what was going on.
After Georg drank some of the water Friedrich had brought him, he took a deep breath and told his children what was going on.
"The Nazi's took your mother. She is still there and they won't let her come home tonight." His anger came back up.
"But why?" Liesl asked.
"Oh, if I knew. They sent me home without telling anything. They come here tomorrow morning to pick me up. For what I don't know anymore. The only thing I know is that it doesn't feel right."
Georg looked up. He had an idea. "Liesl, Friedrich," He started enthousiasticly, "get all your sisters and brother ready."
"What will you do, father?" Friedrich sounded concerned.
"I'm not going to let you all be taken by the Nazi's as well. Friedrich, take your bike and go to the abbey. Tell them that Liesl will come with your brother and sisters. Hurry!"
Friedrich did what his father told him to do and drove off. Liesl went to the nusery to wake her siblings.
"Gretl, Marta, girls you have to wake up." Gretl and Marta sat right up in their beds, confused. "Is it morning already?" asked Marta.
"Did mother come back?" Asked Gretl.
"No." Liesl said in a sad voice. "But you have to get dressed. Put on the clothes you wore last night. Don't make any noice. I'm going to wake up the rest. I will come back in a minute."
The girls did all what Liesl asked and when Liesl came back she found the girls ready to go. They walked out of the nursery into the hallway. Their father was standing there.
When all the children had come down he got them close by. "Children, it is not save for you to stay here. Mother is still at the station and will not come back tonight. Tomorrow they will come for me, so you have to go away. Friedrich allready went to the abbey to tell that you are coming. Take your bikes. Don't make any noice. I will come as soon as possible to get you there."
The children walked to the shed where their bikes stood. Silently they took them and got ready to drive off.
"Liesl, please be careful. Make sure nobody sees you. Don't go outside the abbey. It's not save anymore for us. Now go, and know I love you all."
Georg watched his children get away and walked back inside.