Summary

At Westhofen, the guards beat Heinrich unconscious before realizing that he might not be George. Fahrenberg ordered some prisoners to cut the crowns off seven trees, which were blocking his light. Overkamp received news of Wallau’s recapture (at the summerhouse, which Bachmann had told the Gestapo about). He released information to the press, renewing public interest in the remaining fugitives. Fritz (Helwig) told his girlfriend that he no longer cared about his jacket. Franz felt frustrated as he listened to neighbors, family and colleagues gossiping about the escape. Binder – the farmer who had been watching George in Mainz – listened to the news on the radio with excitement.

George befriended some schoolboys, teaching one of them how to make a boomerang. At Westhofen, Overkamp began summoning witnesses, using information from Binder and the Mainz rivermen. (The man with George’s jacket had taken it...