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In the initial stages of the war, Campbell works his way up through [[Joseph Goebbels]]' [[Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda|Propaganda Ministry]], eventually becoming the "voice" of English language broadcasts propagating Nazism and [[anti-Semitism]] at American citizens (a parallel to the real broadcaster, Dr. [[Edward Vieth Sittler]]).<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=U.S. Immigration Authorities Asked to Investigate the Sittler Case |url=https://www.jta.org/1959/12/16/archive/u-s-immigration-authorities-asked-to-investigate-the-sittler-case |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |location= |date=1959-12-16 |access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Ex-nazi Professor Sittler Resigns from Long Island University |url=https://www.jta.org/1959/12/17/archive/ex-nazi-professor-sittler-resigns-from-long-island-university |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |location= |date=1959-12-17 |access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/316/312/187412/ |title=Edward Vieth Sittler, Petitioner-appellant, v. United States of America, Respondent-appellee, 316 F.2d 312 (2d Cir. 1963). US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - 316 F.2d 312 (2d Cir. 1963). Argued January 10, 1963. Decided April 12, 1963. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=JUSTIA |access-date=2021-06-23 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/collection/data/714118848 |title=Edward V. Sittler Dismissal Records, 1949-1962; Michigan College of Mining and Technology |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=ARCHIVE GRID |publisher=Michigan Technological University - J.R. Van Pelt and Opie Library |access-date=2021-06-23 |quote=}}</ref> Unknown to the Nazis, all of the idiosyncrasies of his speech – deliberate pauses, coughing, etc. – form a secret code that covertly transmits information to [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] intelligence agencies. Late in the war, after his wife, Helga, is reportedly killed on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]], Campbell visits her family in early 1945 outside [[Berlin]], just before the [[Red Army]] arrives. Helga's younger sister, Resi, confesses that she is in love with him. |
In the initial stages of the war, Campbell works his way up through [[Joseph Goebbels]]' [[Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda|Propaganda Ministry]], eventually becoming the "voice" of English language broadcasts propagating Nazism and [[anti-Semitism]] at American citizens (a parallel to the real broadcaster, Dr. [[Edward Vieth Sittler]]).<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=U.S. Immigration Authorities Asked to Investigate the Sittler Case |url=https://www.jta.org/1959/12/16/archive/u-s-immigration-authorities-asked-to-investigate-the-sittler-case |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |location= |date=1959-12-16 |access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Ex-nazi Professor Sittler Resigns from Long Island University |url=https://www.jta.org/1959/12/17/archive/ex-nazi-professor-sittler-resigns-from-long-island-university |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |location= |date=1959-12-17 |access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/316/312/187412/ |title=Edward Vieth Sittler, Petitioner-appellant, v. United States of America, Respondent-appellee, 316 F.2d 312 (2d Cir. 1963). US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - 316 F.2d 312 (2d Cir. 1963). Argued January 10, 1963. Decided April 12, 1963. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=JUSTIA |access-date=2021-06-23 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/collection/data/714118848 |title=Edward V. Sittler Dismissal Records, 1949-1962; Michigan College of Mining and Technology |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=ARCHIVE GRID |publisher=Michigan Technological University - J.R. Van Pelt and Opie Library |access-date=2021-06-23 |quote=}}</ref> Unknown to the Nazis, all of the idiosyncrasies of his speech – deliberate pauses, coughing, etc. – form a secret code that covertly transmits information to [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] intelligence agencies. Late in the war, after his wife, Helga, is reportedly killed on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]], Campbell visits her family in early 1945 outside [[Berlin]], just before the [[Red Army]] arrives. Helga's younger sister, Resi, confesses that she is in love with him. |
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Eventually, Campbell is captured when an American infantryman recognizes his voice. Before he can be executed, Wirtanen arranges for Campbell's discreet release and helps his relocation to [[New York City]]. Campbell is shocked to learn that the American government will not reveal Campbell's true role in the war, because that would also reveal the [[ |
Eventually, Campbell is captured when an American infantryman recognizes his voice. Before he can be executed, Wirtanen arranges for Campbell's discreet release and helps his relocation to [[New York City]]. Campbell is shocked to learn that the American government will not reveal Campbell's true role in the war, because that would also reveal the [[spycraft]] techniques that America may continue to need for the [[Cold War|next war]]. Although that means that Campbell is doomed to be a pariah, Wirtanen is unsympathetic, reasoning that Campbell would not have wanted the truth known had Germany won the war. |
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In New York City, Campbell lives a lonely existence for fifteen years, sustained only by memories of Helga and an indifferent curiosity about his eventual fate. Mrs. Epstein, a [[Holocaust]] survivor living in Campbell's building, is the only person who suspects his true identity; he seems to avoid her suspicions by feigning ignorance of German. Campbell's only friend is George Kraft, an elderly painter who, through an extraordinary coincidence, happens to be a [[KGB|Soviet intelligence]] agent. |
In New York City, Campbell lives a lonely existence for fifteen years, sustained only by memories of Helga and an indifferent curiosity about his eventual fate. Mrs. Epstein, a [[Holocaust]] survivor living in Campbell's building, is the only person who suspects his true identity; he seems to avoid her suspicions by feigning ignorance of German. Campbell's only friend is George Kraft, an elderly painter who, through an extraordinary coincidence, happens to be a [[KGB|Soviet intelligence]] agent. |