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Hitler.”
    He hung up the phone and folded the paper
that he had written on and stuffed it into his pocket.
    The corporal that he had sent to check on
the safe returned. He started to snap to attention, but then
remembered the scolding that Schwerig had given him about kissing
ass a few minutes earlier. So, he just stuck his head into the door
and said, “Major Schwerig sir, the safe is indeed where she said it
was.”
    Schwerig looked up with a twinkle in his eye
and said, “Excellent, did you notice whether it was a combination
or a key lock?”
    “Yes sir,” reported the corporal. “It is
locked now but it is a key lock.”
    Schwerig turned again to the receptionist and
queried, “Do you know where I may find that key my darling?”
    She just shook her head no.
    Schwerig sat back and put his hand on his
chin in a thinking posture, he tapped his fingers on the table a
couple of times then smiled and rose to his feet.
    Everyone in the room watched him as he walked
over to the secretary lying dead in her chair and turned her
towards himself.
    He then shocked everyone as he reached down
and ripped the top of her blouse open.
    The receptionist gasped.
    “Aha,” Schwerig smirked as he reached down
again and snapped the necklace from the dead secretary’s neck.
    As he held it up for everyone to see, they
noticed that instead of a pendant the necklace held a key.
    Schwerig tossed it to the corporal and
ordered him to check it out. The corporal turned and obediently
left on his assigned errand.
    Schwerig sat back down. He was grinning
arrogantly, mentally patting himself on the back for finding that
key, when the phone rang.
    He answered, “Major Schwerig… Yes, Major
Toelke, I have a bit of a loose end here. I have an Otmar Volmer
that has left employment ‘here’ to go to work ‘there’ and I was
just making sure that you have accounted for him.”
    “Yes, of course, I’ll wait.”
    A few seconds passed and then Schwerig
continued, “Oh, you have accounted for him. That is wonderful news,
thank you Major, Heil Hitler.”
    The corporal returned again and reported,
“Major Schwerig sir, we were able to open the safe with the key
that you found, and Sgt. Stark is now going through its contents
for you.”
    “Well,” beamed Schwerig as he stood up, “This
is turning out to be easier than I had anticipated.”
    He started to walk out of the door when he
stopped and said, “Oh, I almost forgot.”
    He turned around and smiled again at the
receptionist sitting quietly in her chair.
    As she sheepishly reciprocated a smile, he
suddenly pulled his gun and shot her in the chest.
    He then casually turned to the corporal and
said, “Now where did you leave Sgt Stark?”
    “This way sir,” reported the corporal as he
turned and led the way; casually glancing back in disbelief that
the major had just shot the beautiful young fraulien.
    On his way to where Sgt. Stark was working,
Schwerig was able to look out of a window and see some of his other
men loading most of the forced labor factory workers onto the
train.
    Other workers were helping them load some of
the objects from the factory onto the train as well. Still others
were starting fires and planting explosives to demolish the
plant.
    Schwerig then saw a young leutnant sticking
his upper body out of the train engine window, shouting
instructions to the railroad workers outside of the train.
    Seeing the Lt. gave him a
sudden thought, more loose
ends .
    He threw open the window and stuck his
fingers into his mouth and whistled extremely loud; loud enough for
the young Lt. to hear it and turn to see that a major was trying to
get his attention.
    Schwerig gestured for the leutnant to come
at once.
    The leutnant returned a gesture indicating
that he understood and was on his way, he then popped out of the
train and started to walk briskly across the snow covered rail yard
towards Schwerig.
    Once he entered the building and found his
way upstairs to Schwerig, he stood