It was Christmas day. The barrack was small and cold, Lara’s father was taken away by some soldiers to an enormous barn of some sort; working hours were long, many nights he wouldn’t be allowed to come back to the barrack, Lara’s mother was at the military hospital, fighting for her life, she had developed severe pneumonia after the harrowing journey at sea. Many days and nights Lara spent sitting at the window, staring into the vast mountains of snow…..