But he continues his high-wire act, claiming that he’s been sent by the Fuhrer personally. Staffed by other officers, this is a place where the slightest slip by Herold would land him right in with the other prisoners.
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But it’s rather nice being a captain, even in a nation in its death throes, and he shortly comes across a detention camp full of regular army deserters waiting to learn their fate.
Pathetic worm that he was, Herold settles into his new role in life quickly and with ease, even as he can never be certain who might turn up and expose him as an imposter.Ī bright man’s logical next step would seemingly be to use his perceived authority to get himself somewhere he could just slip into the crowd or, at worst, surrender to the Allies. So it’s to be the story of a masquerade, an act, an overnight conversion from victim to judge and jury who can exercise authority over life or death on a whim. At an inn that night, his mettle is tested when he puts on the airs of an officer, claims to be on a secret mission to report on conditions behind the front line and, to prove his ruthlessness, shoots a looter. Fate then chooses to favor this pathetic young Everyman, who shortly finds an abandoned official car, along with a captain’s coat, uniform and shoes, all of which fit.
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