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Double Identity: A Texan in Hitlerýs Reich
In 1942, Lieutenant Carl Solms, shot down over Germany, assumes the identity of a dead Nazi officer as he attempts to return to his station in England. But after a burning building collapses on him and he loses a foot, he is shocked to learn that the man whose identity he had assumed is married to a member of the German nobility.Carl's new "wife," Countess Marlene, eventually recognizes his false identity, but does not report him. Carl's suspicions about activities around her castle residence are confirmed when he learns that it is a way station for Jews escaping to Switzerland.Together they seek to evade the risk of his cover identity being exposed and also aid refugees and airmen escaping capture. But the growing respect and love between Carl and the Countess is stymied by her "first" marriage. Will Carl be able to explain his true identity to the Allies as they march victoriously through Germany, or is his fate sealed?
330 pages, Paperback
First published November 2, 2005
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February 13, 2024DNF after 11 pages.
It was so . . . improbable and dumb. I mean, what guy in the military would just walk into an enemy town in his own uniform after his plane was shot down? And then once he switches clothes with an SS officer who was going to kill him but got killed by the falling bombs which broke his neck but caused no blood or anything to mar his uniform, he casually walks through the town while the bombs are still falling. He must have then rescued some children in a burning house, been severely burned himself and lost a foot because it was pinned under a beam. (A doctor had to go into the house and cut his foot off while the house was on fire?) So of course the man was burned enough that no one could recognize him and he had to have reconstruction surgery on his face which didn't take long and . . . I won't go on.
It was so . . . improbable and dumb. I mean, what guy in the military would just walk into an enemy town in his own uniform after his plane was shot down? And then once he switches clothes with an SS officer who was going to kill him but got killed by the falling bombs which broke his neck but caused no blood or anything to mar his uniform, he casually walks through the town while the bombs are still falling. He must have then rescued some children in a burning house, been severely burned himself and lost a foot because it was pinned under a beam. (A doctor had to go into the house and cut his foot off while the house was on fire?) So of course the man was burned enough that no one could recognize him and he had to have reconstruction surgery on his face which didn't take long and . . . I won't go on.
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