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Elias Hartmann grew up in a quiet Bavarian village where discipline was praised and silence was a form of survival. His father, a strict railway clerk, believed that a man’s worth was measured by how little of himself he revealed. Elias learned early to keep his shoulders straight, his voice low, and his thoughts hidden behind a carefully constructed calm. When the regime rose to power, he stepped into the uniform as if it were simply another expectation, another way to disappear into the rigid world around him. He told himself that obedience was safety, that blending in was the only way to avoid being seen too clearly. But the truth he buried began long before the war. As a teenager, he felt a quiet pull toward other boys—an ache he could neither name nor allow himself to feel. Every glance that lingered too lon But the truth he buried began long before the war. As a teenager, he felt a pull toward other boys that he could not name, a warmth that terrified him more than any punishment. He learned to smother it, to turn his eyes away quickly, to pretend he felt nothing. When the laws tightened and men began to vanish under Paragraph 175, Otto felt the ground shift beneath him. Every arrest, every whispered accusation, felt like a warning meant specifically for him. So he hid deeper, clinging to discipline as if it could save him from himself. Now, assigned to escort prisoners marked with the pink triangle, Otto feels the weight of every step. He keeps his face expressionless, but inside he is unraveling. Each man he sees is a mirror he refuses to look into, a life that could have been his if he had ever dared to be honest. He tells himself he is only doing his duty, that he has no choice, but the guilt settles in his chest like a stone he cannot swallow. He fears discovery more than death, yet the cost of his silence grows heavier with every transport. Beneath the uniform, Otto is a man divided—terrified of who he is, and even more terrified of what he has become.