The 24-year-old German U-boat commander shifts nervously in his chair as high-ranking British and American officers bark at him across the table.
The war is over. Yet Heinz Schäffer sits in an interrogation room, facing men who have traveled thousands of miles for answers.
Schäffer’s submarine should’ve surrendered in Europe months ago. Instead, it’s halfway around the world, and a third of its crew is missing. It’s all very suspicious – and the Allied officers think they know why.
They’ve had enough of games. Taking a deep drag of his cigarette, the lead interrogator stares the trembling German in the eye and yells:
“You have hidden Hitler!”
Source: Dark Seas