The Mistery of Belicena Villca
– At this rate you will soon be fine Señorcito , said the old woman , delighted by the way I devoured the victuals . – Yes , but with several extra kilos --I replied without stopping eating . At nine o ' clock Uncle Kurt came up to my room . – How are you , neffe ? willing to hear another part of my story ? – Yes Uncle Kurt --I replied-- I ' m anxious , really anxious to hear what you have to tell . He settled into his hammock chair and began to speak .
--Well; we had left when after surprising the conversation of my father with Rudolph Hess on the Sign , I decided not to talk about it until one of the two would take the initiative .
I nodded as Uncle Kurt picked up the thread of the story .
– At the end of the first week of August 1933 , we left for Berlin by train . Rudolph Hess and Ilse , on the other hand , would go to Munich by car and from there they would arrive in Berlin in a plane , together with the Führer , Goering and several personalities of the Third Reich , who were ending their vacations .
In Berlin we stayed at the Kaiserhof hotel , former headquarters of the N . S . D . A . P . 18 and we waited , as agreed in Berchtesgaden , Rudolph Hess ' news . These arrived in mid-August in the form of a summons to meet Rudolph Hess at the Ministry of Education and Science . We should be ready at 7 a . m . the next day at the hotel , as we would be picked up by an official vehicle .
At 7 o ' clock the SS officer Papp arrived , to whom we knew for being guard of Rudolph Hess in Berchtesgaden , in a car with uniformed driver of the S . A .
– Herr Hess is waiting for you at the Ministry of Education and Science . I have left him there before coming to get you . --Said the SS .
We arrived in a few minutes and were led by the SS to a door in which was read “ NAPOLA National Direction ”. We entered .
In a spacious room , soberly furnished , we found Rudolph Hess in the S . A . uniform , a sternlooking man , and a secretary typing on a typewriter . They all stood up when we arrived . – Professor Joachim Haupt , this is Baron Reinaldo von Sübermann --Rudolph Hess said . – Baron von Sübermann , you are in front of Joachim Haupt , National Director of the NAPOLA --Rudolph Hess completed the presentation . As they shook hands , Rudolph spoke . – I have been discussing Kurt ' s admission with Herr Professor and , despite the lack of vacancies , we reached an agreement . He will be incorporated into the first NAPOLA in Lissa to integrate the “ Selective Corp of Oriental Studies ”.
My Fate was apparently resolved . Professor Haupt was watching me with close attention ; at last he spoke .
– Young Von Sübermann , I understand that you are fluent in several languages . Could you tell me which are they ? He asked .
– Yes Herr Professor . Apart from my native languages Arabic , English and German , I speak French and Greek – I answered shyly .
– Five languages is more than enough to enter Lissa ' s NAPOLA --Professor Haupt said-- but we are interested in your knowledge of Arabic . Would you be willing to study other languages of the Middle East or Asia , say for example Turkish or Russian ?
--Yes. I would like to learn other languages and I am willing to study what is best to serve the country , --I replied somewhat perplexed because it would never have occurred to me that in the NAPOLA I would receive such an specific training .
– Then there ' s no more to talk about , --said Professor Haupt-- . I will have an incorporation order issued for you . Next Monday you must report at Lissa . He turned to Dad . – We have agreed with Herr that this would be the best race for your son . Normally at the NAPOLA School the study program of second official education is dictated with specialization in literature , natural sciences , modern languages , etc ., but by a reserved decree of the Führer , we have just created a special division of Asian studies . This division will be called " Selective Corp of Oriental Studies ” and there the future Ostenführer 19 will be trained who , later , will serve in special missions in Asia . The Reichführer 20 Himmler has presented a project on the study program , and one of the
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N . S . D . A . P .: initials of the Nationalsozialistsche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei , which means : German National
Socialist Workers Party .
19
Ostenführer : literally " Chief of the East ".
20
Reichsführer : National Chief - Maximum rank of the SS .
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