Germany (Dachau)

My parents are arguing about me.

Mom says, “She’s only twelve. It could scar her for life.”

Dad asks, “But what about the invaluable lesson?”

I see lamp shades made of human skin, thousands of dead children’s shoes. I thought ovens were only for baking yummy apple pie.

Ellen Sollinger Walker is a retired classical pianist and psychologist living the good life in Florida.