GABRIEL KRAFFT AUDIO MEMOIR #1

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Krafft: Professor Gabriel Krafft, Eleventh of March, 1944. I am creating a record of my involvement with the SS unit Die Wahrheit, as this may one day be called into question. And I probably won’t be around to explain myself.
Krafft: In early September of 1939, I was in my office at the University of Leipzig with my assistant, Franz. We were translating an ancient Sumerian scroll when a man in walked in unannounced.
Krafft: He said I must immediately tender my resignation, pack a suitcase, and depart for an overseas trip as an advisor to the SS battalion Die Wahrheit.
Krafft: That was the first time I met Oberführer Wolfram Von List. All I saw was a uniform and a perfect haircut. I had no idea what lay behind those icy blue eyes.
Krafft: I actually laughed. I had heard of his battalion, whose name perversely means “the Truth.”
Krafft: They raided antiquities around the world, looking for evidence to support their belief in an Aryan “master race.”
Krafft: I waved him away, saying I had no desire to help Reichsführer Himmler twist history to fit the Nazi narrative.
Krafft: Von List calmly drew and shot poor Franz in the head. His voice was perfectly calm. “Do I have your attention now, Herr Professor?”