Section Twelve: Chapters 39-41 Summary

Brandt becomes tired of waiting for Schorner and tells Sturm to pick any three people for the selection. Sturm chooses Rachel, the Shoemaker, and Ben Jansen, because they are the only three people who witnessed the diamonds Sturm wanted. As it turns out, the experiment is to try out two suits made to protect the Nazis in a gas strike. The Shoemaker tells Rachel to volunteer for one and she does. The Shoemaker is assigned the other and Ben is left without a suit as a control subject. Schorner arrives and tells Brandt where he discovered the missing soldiers and requests they place a full alert. Sturm is sent away for this reason. Anna has witnessed the entire event from an observation window, and then races home to warn the men of the search issued. At Anna's...