David Frankfurter, a nervous, hollow-eyed young Jew born in Yugoslavia, took the train from Berne last week to the Swiss winter sports resort of Davos. He did not go there to ski, and, though Davos boasts a fine meteorological observatory, he was not interested in the weather. After hanging around town for three days, he asked his way to the home of Dr. Wilhelm Gustloff, physicist at the Davos observatory. Bustling Frau Gustloff ushered him into the study. When the Doctor rose to greet him, David Frankfurter whipped out a pistol, sent five bullets...
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