"Short talk on waterproofing."
"Franz Kafka was Jewish, he had a sister, Ottla, Jewish.
Ottla married a jurist, Joseph David, not Jewish.
When the Nuremberg laws were introduced
to Bohemia and Moravia in 1942, quiet Ottla
suggested to Joseph David that they divorce.
He at first refused.
She spoke about sleep shapes, property and their two
daughters, and a rational approach.
She did not mention, because she did not yet
know the word, Auschwitz where she would die in October 1943.
After putting the apartment in order, she packed a rucksack
and was given a good shoeshine by Joseph David.
He applied a coat of grease.
Now, they are waterproof, he said."