We meet Mrs. Krause in the early chapters of the novel. She is the mother of a student who once attended Joseph's school; before his capture, Joseph had served as the principal at the school.
After he escaped from the prison camp in the mountains of South Poland, Joseph found out from Mrs. Krause that his Swiss wife, Margrit, had been captured by the Nazis and had most likely been sent to Germany. Mrs. Krause...
We meet Mrs. Krause in the early chapters of the novel. She is the mother of a student who once attended Joseph's school; before his capture, Joseph had served as the principal at the school.
After he escaped from the prison camp in the mountains of South Poland, Joseph found out from Mrs. Krause that his Swiss wife, Margrit, had been captured by the Nazis and had most likely been sent to Germany. Mrs. Krause also informed Joseph that the night Margrit was taken away in a Nazi vehicle, someone in the house had shot at the car. The author corroborates Mrs. Krause's story in Chapter Four. It was Edek who had tried to shoot at the soldiers manhandling his mother. Although he also shot at the car, Edek had not been successful in preventing the soldiers from getting away.
In Warsaw, it was Mrs. Krause and her husband who provided food and lodging for Joseph after his escape. In fact, based on Mrs. Krause's advice, Joseph decided to look for his wife in Switzerland, as that was the agreed-upon destination should the family become separated. Mrs. Krause also shared her suspicions with Joseph that the children might have died in the bomb blast at their former home.
So, in the story, Mrs. Krause (and her husband) provided food, lodging, and emotional support to Joseph until he decided upon a solid plan of action to reunite with his family. Mrs. Krause was also responsible for alerting Joseph to his wife's capture and the bomb blast at their home. The only thing she could not confirm was the fate or location of Joseph's children.
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