Kathei asked Armando Lucas Correa:

I just wanted you to know that I really liked The Daughter's Tale. What a sad period of our history. Thank you for bringing this story to the attention of the world. Oh, it won't let me leave a comment unless I have a question mark. I'd like to know more about the research involved in putting the story together?

Armando Lucas Correa I grew up with the story of the Saint Louis, from the time I was a young boy, though it was a forbidden topic in Cuba. My grandmother, the daughter of Spanish immigrants, was shocked when Cuba refused entry to the Jewish refuges onboard the Saint Louis. I too am a product of exile, I’m an immigrant as well. I came to the U.S., leaving my family behind, leaving my books. When you’re exiled, you try to set down roots, but you always live —consciously or not— with the fear of loss. I’ve always been interested in historical events, mainly from WW II, which show human vileness and are forgotten in time. They cannot be forgotten. I’m afraid of forgetting. Doing research for The German Girl I found postcards from Oradour-Sur-Glane. I looked for documents, read many books about the massacre in Oradour. I saw the before and after images of the town but when I visited and spent the day among the ruins I was crushed by their dimension. It was city, not a couple of buildings and a church. When you go there, you see the impact of the crime is so much greater. Then, there’s the cemetery where you find the graves of all the people who perished. Entire families.

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