My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don't be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes twelve.”

I exploded: “What do you care what he said? Would you want us to consider him a prophet?”

His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: “I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people."