There is death everywhere.
"The Cardplayer" only prefaces a death, this one of Reinhold Zucker. This two-paged section went over what happened at the LSE. This was when Hans Hubbermann won multiple consecutive games of cards and won many cigarettes. Hans was a very generous man, and because of that he gave one cigarette for each colleague that lost and even light it for them. If it wasn't for Reinhold losing his cigarettes, he would have still lived and Hans would have died.
"The Snows of Stalingrad" included Michael Holtzapfel, the son of Frau Holzapfel (shocker). Michael comes back with three less fingers, and news that Robert, his brother, was dead. Robert died in a torn-up hospital, without anything past his knees. He stayed in that hospital after he was brought there for three days, which was a considerable amount of time to live without your legs. It was sad, really, to feel what everyone did when they heard the news, even though Robert was just introduced.
"The Ageless Brother" referred to Liesel's dreams, visions, and nightly imagination. This included her brother, Max, Hans, and Rudy. I found this to assist in my knowledge of Liesel's imagination, as it shows it to be just recreating what happened, and not coming up with radically different things like dragons.
"The Accident" was a near-death experience for Hans Hubermann, and a death for Reinhold Zucker. This was because of a truck accident for the LSE, as the wheel blew and the entire truck flipped over. This resulted in multiple injuries, including the rather miraculous career-ending broken leg. This caused him to be dismissed from the LSE, with the help of a sergeant that rather appreciated Hans. This meant that Hans was free from the LSE, but he had to work back in the city (oh no what a disaster).
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