 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Holm akaberekwa saRenate Franke muBerlin. Anoti akasarudza kuva muimbi weopera paakanga ava nemakore gumi nemaviri mushure mekufuridzirwa nefirimu re Madama Butterfly naMaria Cebotari mubasa guru. Amai vake vakanga vaenda naye kubhaisikopo sechipiriso chokupemberera mushumo wakaisvonaka wechikoro. Muna 1943 vabereki vake vakaparadzana. Gore rimwe chetero vakadzi vane vana vakabviswa kubva pakati peBombed outBerlin, uye vaFrank vakatumirwa kunharaunda yeSpreewald anenge makiromita 90 kumabvazuva kweguta racho. Achionga nharaunda yake itsva, akararama humwe huduku hwake mumusha uye pedyo apo amai vake pane imwe nguva vakashumira semutungamiriri weguta uye munyori. Renate akatanga kufarira mimhanzi muLübben senhengo yechikwata chechikoro chechechi. Akanga ari mudzidzi paPaul-Gerhardt-Gymnasium, rwendo rwemakiromita matanhatu maira mana kubva kumba kwake muRagow. MuBerlin akanga apinda chikoro chepabonde rimwe chete, uye Paul-Gerhardt-Gymnasium yakapa ruzivo rwake rwekutanga rwekusanganiswa kwechikoro chechikadzi: makore makumi mashanu gare gare aizoramba achitaura neshamwari mbiri tenor uye bass uyo waakanga aumba naye chikoro chekuimba katatu. 