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Elsa spent the night at her cousin's house on the Eastern side of Berlin, now she can not go home (Berlin wall was built)
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Elsa's Uncle and others are trying to reunite her, some way, with her family back in Western Berlin.
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Elsa tries to seem happy and grateful for Christmas, but she misses her family way too much.
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Communist propaganda spread to the schools, but Elsa's uncle won't let it spread to the minds of Elsa and her cousin, Marta.
