Marga Minco’s short story ‘The Address’ describes human predicament that follows war. The war had taken even Holland in its grip. People had no safety of themselves and their property. During the war Mrs S was uprooted. She had to leave the city with her daughter. She handed over all her belongings to Mrs Dorling. All her costly silver cutlery, antique plates and vases were taken away by Mrs Dorling.

At last, the war was over. Things began to return to normalcy. The fear of the war gave place to peace. The narrator’s mother died. She was alone when she came back to her town. She went to Dorling’s house in search of the belongings of her mother. She was received very coldly by Mrs Dorling. She even refused to recognise her. She asked her to come at another time. The war upset the narrator and her family. She was alone to face the world. She had no sympathiser. Mrs Dorling proved ungrateful. She didn’t even acknowledge that she owed anything to the narrator.