condensed master

Will Bonner
preventing them from getting inadvertently assembled into newly produced
products. He knew where the salvage department was situated, and made his way
there.
He was very surprised to find the door to the small entrance open, but no one
in attendance behind the counter. Usually, if the door was open there was always
someone in there, alternatively, the door was locked.
Walking behind the counter he entered the salvage room which was cluttered
with dozens of metal shelving sections, barely leaving enough room to walk
between them. The shelves were stacked with items from floor to ceiling, and
even though the room was large, some 50 feet long, Will estimated, it was
impossible to see through to the space beyond two or three racks.
Standing for a moment after closing the door, he could hear the sound of
raised voices, coming from what appeared to be the far corner. One voice was
aggressive, the other defensive. Will could not mistake the guttural intonation of
the German language and occasional words that he understood from the war.
Gestapo, Fatherland and others, the defensive voice replying, "Nien, Nien, Nien!"
over and over again.
As Will approached the direction of the sounds, he could hear the metallic
noise of the racks vibrating, due to movement, and he could only come to the
conclusion that the two people involved were engaged in some form of physical,
as well as vocal confrontation.
He stopped short as a small gap in one of the racks allowed him to see through
and observe what was going on. Stefan was gripping the other man by the throat
who Will recognized as a immigrant of German origin, and with every forceful
vocal onslaught from Stefan, he was being pushed into the rack in an effort to
reinforce his point.
Will hesitated, then returned to the door, quietly letting himself out. There was
no point in talking to Stefan under the circumstances, he had seen enough. There
seemed no doubt by Stefan's insane behaviour, what everyone was saying, had
an element of truth about it.
Why would Stefan get himself involved this way if he was trying to hide the
truth? The answer lay in the fact that he had been brainwashed by the Hitler
Youth Movement and it would take a good many years to get it out of his system.
In the meantime, the German on the receiving end of Stefan's indoctrination, would
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