A Record Of Delia's War ◎

“I stole bread today. From an old woman’s cellar. She wasn’t there—maybe dead, maybe fled. I left three cans of beans in exchange, but that’s not the point. The point is: I have become someone who takes.

The narrative follows Delia, a young woman who commits herself to a singular task during the war years: creating a "Record." She is not just living through the war; she is curating it. Through journals, pressed flowers, and meticulously saved correspondence, she attempts to construct a fortress of memory to protect herself from the chaos of a world on fire. a record of delia's war

“The war isn’t over. But the Blocs are retreating. I saw their columns pulling back this morning. Lin climbed a water tower and waved a red scarf. No one shot at her. “I stole bread today

“I found Lin. She is alive. Thin. Bruised. Missing two fingernails. But she is alive. I left three cans of beans in exchange,

Today she made it. Yesterday she didn’t try. The day before, a man was shot in that same five-minute window. But he was running, not crawling. Lin crawls. She wears grey. She moves like water.

In the months leading up to D-Day, the Allies had been planning a massive invasion of Nazi-occupied France. The invasion was code-named "Operation Overlord" and was the brainchild of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. The Allies assembled a massive force of over 3 million troops, who were trained and equipped for the invasion.