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.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlreal possibility that Fraulein Dyer might show up in one of her difficultmoods, Peis considered that it might be best for her not to show up at all andto solicit the help of Frau Gumbach Frau Gumbach operated a whorehouse nearthe Bahnhof, a regular whorehouse with resident whores She also had availablea dozen women who operated outside the law--that is, who didn't have theprostitute's yellow identity card These girls were available by appointment tomen who could not afford being seen in the whorehouse, or picking up whores inbars or along the street The problem was that Standartenfuhrer Muller hadexpressed a specific interest in Fraulein Dyer If Fraulein Dyer did not appearat supper at the Kurhotel, Standartenfuhrer Muller might conclude that Peiswas saving her for himself It would not be desirable for Muller to harbor anysuch suspicions When he telephoned Frau Gumbach, she assured him that sheunderstood his dilemma perfectly and that it would be her pleasure to help Sheknew just the girl She had been bombed out of her home and employment inKassel and the Hessian Labor officer had sent her to work in the aircraftengine plant in Marburg Not only would she be pleased to make a little extramoney, but she would like the opportunity to associate with important people"You're not suggesting that I pay her?" Peis asked incredulously "of coursenot, Herr Hauptsturmfuhrer, Frau Gumbach said She was fully aware that Peisxsfriendship kept her house open and her girls free not to avolunteer" to becomemanual laborers for the Todt Organization "I will, of course, give her alittle something, but you should consider this to be a simple gesture betweenfriends"Pll be in the parking lot behind the Cafe Weitz at quarter to seven," Peissaid Frau Gumbach was usually reliable, but he wanted to see the girl fromKassel before he took her to the Kurhotel to meet Standartenfuhrer Muller Hethen called Fraulein Dyer and invited her to spend New Year's Eve with himselfand Standartenfuhrer Muller.Muller, he pointedly told her, was a veryimportant officer from Berlin.He asked her to be at the Kurhotel at seven.Ifhe was not yet there, she was to wait for him at the bar.He did not offer to pick her up.Riding the streetcar and then walking almosta kilometer up the hill to the Kurhotel through the snow would give her timeto reflect on her situation.THREE] Gisella Dyer was twenty-nine years old.She was tall and ratherlarge-boned, the kind of woman described as "statuesque" by those whoseperceptions of statues are based on the baroque school.That is to say, she had broad shoulders and sturdy thighs, large, firm breastsand buttocks, but little fat.Gisella Dyer and her widowed father lived in a large and comfortable houseclose to the ancient fortress and later abbey that had been seized from thePapists and turned into Philips University by Philip, Landgrave ofHesse-Kassel, after his conversion to Protestantism by Martin Luther.The house had been her grandfather's, and he had left it to Gisella's fatherand mother, but it was no longer entirely theirs.She and her father (hermother had died when she was fourteen) lived in four large rooms, with privatebath, on the second floor, twenty-five percent of the house.The rest of the space had been requisitioned (temporarily, until victory) bythe Housing office and was now occupied by three families and a bachelor, anengineer at the Fulmar Werke.Her grandfather had been Professor of Mathematics at Marburg.Her father wasan instructor in metallurgy in the College of Physics.If it had not been forthe War/ National Socialism (which were in Gisella's mind interchangeable),Page 103 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlher father would have been Professor of Metallurgy.And three years ago, Gisella would have become Gisella Dyer, D.Med.But with National Socialism, there had come "Party considerations." Inaddition to one's academic credentials, one needed the blessing of the Partyin order to be promoted to a distinguished position.Prof.Dr.FriedrichDyer's academic credentials were impeccable, but he was not in good standingwith the National Socialists of Stadt und Kreis Marburg.Quite the reverse.Professor Dyer had been opposed to the Nazi Party from the days when it hadbeen just one more lunatic, amusing fringe party.He had thought then--andworse, said--that it was more dangerous than other batty groups primarilybecause of its intellectual dishonesty.The National Socialist belief in"Aryanism" and"Aryan Purity" especially aroused his contempt.In the fall of 1958, he had made unflattering remarks about Professor JuliusStreicher, the Party's virulent anti-Semite intellectual, in the presence ofsome people he innocently thought of as friends.They had promptly reportedhim to the Sicherheitsdienst.In the course of the investigation that followed, it was discovered that hehad illegally transferred funds to Switzerland and was planning not to returnto Germany after a seminar to be held in Budapest.The Sicherheitsdienst officer who conducted the investigation wasSSOBERSTURMFUHRER Wilhelm Peis, a former Kreis Marburg policeman whose Partyaffiliations had led to his duties as deputy commander of the SS-SD office forStadt und Kreis Marburg.Peis summoned Gisella to his off fice, offered her a glass of Steinhager, andthen outlined to her the severe penalties she could expect her father tosuffer.The least of these was punishment under the criminal statutes.But itwas more likely that he would be tried under the enemy of the state" lawsbefore a "People's Court." If that happened, he certainly--and she herselfmore than likely--would be sent off to a concentration camp.On his release hewould be permitted to make his contribution to the New Germany with aforester's ax or a laborer's shovel.Peis then matter-of-factly let Gisella know there was a way out of thepredicament, She would undertake to keep her father on the true NationalSocialist path, she would report regularly to Peis treasonous or defeatiststatements made by their friends and associates, and she would come, when hewished, into his bed.Gisella gave only passing thought to refusing him.If Peis wanted her, he could have taken her right there and then, ripped herclothes off, slapped her into submission, and done it on his office couch.Towhom could she have complained? The SS-SD was the ultimate law in Stadt undKreis Marburg an der Lahn, and Peis was the number-two man in the SS-SD there.The question she faced was not whether Peis would have her body, but how tomake the circumstances most advantageous to her and her father.She went that afternoon to Peis's apartment, allowed him to get her drunk, andfell into his bed.An honorable man after his fashion, Obersturmfuhrer Peis lived up to his endPage 104 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlof the bargain.The charges against her father remained' unconfirmed, underinvestigation." As long as she behaved, her father's well-being was assured.After the initial novelty passed, Peis required her to perform onlyinfrequently.He had other young women similarly indebted, plus a small haremof others who considered it an honor to share the bed of anSS-Obersturmfuhrer.Whenever he did send for her, it was less a hunger for herbody than a desire to humiliate her.He made sure she was aware of this.Gisella now realized that if she had been clever enough to pretend that shewelcomed his attentions, he would more than likely have grown bored with her
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