Hitler's Daughter

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of religious discrimination, antisemitism, graphic violence, emotional abuse, and death.

Mark arrives at the bus stop beside Harrison’s field and stares at the cows as they stand in the rain, looking downtrodden. He wonders if cows can sneeze. Ben, who lives across the field, arrives next, but he doesn’t wonder about cows. Finally, Anna and Little Tracey arrive, and all four sit inside the bus shelter awaiting their school bus.

When Little Tracey started school, she was upset and anxious at first, and Anna introduced a storytelling game that the group now refers to as “The Game” to cheer her up. On this rainy day, Tracey suggests The Game and is eager to help invent a new story. Everyone argues over what the story should be about: Ben wants something thrilling, Mark wants something realistic, and Tracey wants something with fantasy. In the end, Anna decides to create the story and chooses to invent a character she calls Hitler’s daughter.

Mark argues that Hitler never had a daughter and could never have loved anyone, while Ben says he would prefer a story about the war itself.