They stared at each other across a railway platform in Geneva, as they had a decade earlier in profoundly different circumstances. The brief interlude ended with the arrival of a train. When it departed, with him missing his left leg, along with a frail-looking elderly woman, she froze, immersed in an explosion of memories.  14 Years Earlier Fear gripped her body as the sound of jackboots became louder and louder. Marching through the Porte de Clignancourt, word spread quickly that they were on the way. ”Maman, they’re here, but how is it possible?” Mathilde screamed as she began to cry. That evening, lying alone in her dark bedroom, worrying about her brother Pierre in the French army, Mathilde’s thoughts turned to what she could do to throw the invaders out. The summer months were terrifying and spine-stiffening as she thought often about Pierre. The presence of soldiers and the changes forced…