ospalh quoted Day of Judgment by Jack Higgins (Simon Vaughn, #3)
June 26, 1963. JFK’s triumphal visit to divided Berlin is about to trigger catastrophe for …
Content warning Nazis
(G)etting him out of (prison) would take a company of paratroopers (...), and Skorzenys are thin on the ground these days.
— Day of Judgment by Jack Higgins (Simon Vaughn, #3) (Page 51)
Skorzeny? Looking that name up on Wikipedia: A Nazi who went and captured Mussolini for Nazi Germany. Once called The Most Dangerous Man in Europe. Yeah. That is who the FRG »Protection of the Constitution« guy wish he had at his disposal.
In general this book is a more exciting read than Knebel’s Crossing in Berlin, the other GDR spy thriller i got from the public bookshelf. But while that one just didn’t grip me, this one i may ditch: It is quite thick with old Nazis reminiscing about Nazi stuff.