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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 &ndash; deliberate pauses, coughing, etc. &ndash; 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 &ndash; deliberate pauses, coughing, etc. &ndash; 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.


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 [[Espionage|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.
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.


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.