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next to the wooden crucifix. While the workmen are installing the sign, they are helped by schoolchildren, who happen to pass by. When the sign is finally in place, nuns, men and women come by to admire it. For most of them it makes no difference what the sign says; for others, it is a source of amusement.
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Elisabeth Langgässer describes the town in an idyllic way, so that the contrast with the hate implied by the sign is especially emphasized. Another conflict that unfolds through this literary technique is that the town should be open to "everyone", whereas "Jews" are now unwanted.
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