The Canaris File [antikvár]

PROLOGUESOMEWHERE IN GERMANY 1943Beautiful, beautiful.The two SS officers walked the length of the warehouse, stopping occasionally to discuss the objects of their admiration. They both agreed that, although the conception of the scheme was brilliant, its execution had surpassed their wildest expectations."What about the men who worked on the project?" asked the elder of the pair, who had arrived from Berlin only an hour earlier in response to a telephone call from his subordinate."Waiting to be dismissed, paid off."'Then perhaps we'd better see that they are."The senior SS officer counted fourteen men huddled against the far wall of the courtyard. Some of them were German, some French, a couple Belgian. Strange, he1