h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I've heard many stories from the other side, particularly from my grandma and my father who were living in Berlin during WWII (my father was a born Berliner). My father was between 10 and 12 when he was forced to spend many nights in the basement of the house they lived in, fearing for his life as the bombs came down in the neighbourhood. In the street where they lived (and where I was born many years later), which is a long street (about 2.5 kilometres long) only three houses survived the bombing, his house being one of them. (I'm talking about the city centre of Berlin, not the outskirts, so you can probably imagine how intensive the bombing must have been.)
I never heard any bitter words about those days from my father's mouth, though. He must have realised that that was war, and you probably cannot blame anyone for doing anything in such a situation. What I learned from his tales, though, was that we should avoid war whenever we can. We've been fairly successful with this in Europe, for the last 60 years. I think it's a tradition we should continue. The Mi Amigo story provides yet another reason to do this, told in a wonderful way.
Thank you!

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