The Shot

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Helmut Gregor feared the sound of his real name as another man might fear the name of his worst enemy. But thanks to the generous support of his family and the agricultural business that continued to thrive in GA1/4nzberg, Bavaria, he managed to live very comfortably in Buenos Aires.

An old but attractive capital - it is a well-named city of good airs -Buenos Aires has many fine boulevards and an excellent opera house, and on a cool July afternoon in 1960, the middle-aged German doctor could still think himself in his beloved Vienna, before the war - before the defeat of Germany had necessitated such a protracted period of exile. For almost ten years he had resided in a quiet country house in the predominantly English suburb of Temperley. At least he had until now. After what had happened to Adolf Eichmann, Helmut Gregor considered it safer to move into the city centre. And until he could find a suitable apartment in the microcentro, he was currently staying at the elegant and modern City Hotel.

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