Hannah

By Yanan Melo

Hannah, a young Communist in Nazi Germany, leaves home to hide from the soldiers who want to kill her. In her efforts to find shelter, she meets two Jews who help her.

Throughout Hannah's final hours, she falls in love, conquers fear, and discovers the truth behind death.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Yanan Melo
• Release date: Jul 22, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310030901

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Hannah

Hannah

By Yanan Melo

Copyright 2014 by Yanan Melo

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The Quote that inspired this short story

"But soon, I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt.

Soon these burning miseries will be extinct."

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Contents

Preface

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Part Seven

Part Eight

Part Nine

Part Ten

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Preface

This short story contains some impolite/informal words and some name-calling. I do not speak such words in real life, but for the sake of being realistic, I had to use them in this short story.

Part One: Present

I shut the door.

I searched for a place to hide. Nowhere. Just an empty room. I looked for something to shed some light. Nothing. Only dust, insects, and similar creatures inhabited the room

I walked silently towards the middle of the room and sat there, thinking about my parents, my sister, James, my friends, the silent glow of the stars. Somehow, maybe because of all the terror and blood I saw