Friedrich – Fritz – awake, awake!
Friedrich von Berg, known simply as Fritz to his fellow comrades, stirred but refused to open
his eyes. The room was freezing – the kind of cold that seeped through wool and bone alike.
But no one complained; complaining wasn’t a Prussian habit. Instead, he pulled the blanket
tighter around his shoulders, pretending not to hear his friend’s urgent whisper – more a
warning than a wake-up call.