Part 2, Chapters 7-11 Summary

These five chapters focus on Chris De Monti, his background and his stand on the latest developments in Poland. Chapter 7 opens with the arrival of Horst Von Epp, the Nazi in charge of propaganda and the press. From a wealthy family, Von Epp has lived a high lifestyle throughout Europe and is personally averse to policies of Nazism but accepts them for his own personal gain. He is shrewd and astute. Von Epp has the job of keeping bad news from Poland from leaking out to the rest of the world. In this endeavor, he "wines and dines" foreign journalists, to include Chris De Monti, promising Chris access to his home news agency with phone lines re-established. Despite his original demand that Ervin Rosenblum be fired, Von Epp relinquishes on this point and invites Chris for an evening of...