We were forbidden to speak German. And I remember asking Martin, “Why? It’s stupid.” And he said, “Well, look around. We’re in England and there are English soldiers all around.” Which there were, because there were on manoeuvres in Kent. And he said, “If a soldier hears you speaking German, they’ll shoot you. Because England is at war with Germany.” I believed him; I believed everything my brother said. So that’s how you learn a language very quickly, if you speak nothing but…
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