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his devotion to the SS. His every waking hour was devoted to furthering his

position in the organization.

He pretended to study the large map of Poland on the wall, its face studded with

colored pins representing concentrations of undesirables. It had been a busy

year for Hossbach's RSHA office; it was through here that Poland's Jewish

population was being directed toward the "resettlement center" near the rail

nexus of Auschwitz. Kaempffer imagined his own office-to-be in Ploiesti, with a

map of Romania on the wall, studded with his own pins. Ploiesti... there could

be no doubt that Hossbach's cheery manner boded ill. Something had gone wrong

somewhere and Hossbach was going to make full use of his last few days as

superior officer to rub Kaempffer's nose in it.

"Is there some way I might be of service to you?" Kaempffer finally asked.

"Not to me, per se, but to the High Command. There is a little problem in

Romania at the moment. An inconvenience, really."

"Oh?"

"Yes. A small regular army detachment stationed in the Alps north of Ploiesti

has been suffering some lossesЧapparently due to local partisan activityЧand the

officer wishes to abandon his position."

"That's an army matter." Major Kaempffer didn't like this one bit. "It has

nothing to do with the SS."

"But it does." Hossbach reached behind him and plucked a piece of paper off his

desk top. "The High Command passed this on to Obergruppenf№hrer Heydrich's

office. I think it is rather fitting that I pass it on to you."

"Why fitting?"

"The officer in question is Captain Klaus Woermann, the one you brought to my