Black Cross Chapter Summary & Analysis - Section Eight: Chapters 26-28 Summary

Section Eight: Chapters 26-28 Summary

Schorner's underling Sturm has hated Schorner for a long time, and he is happy to find that Schorner has taken up with the young Jewess. Sturm decides to use Rachel to get to Schorner by pushing her to madness. Frau Hagan has warned Rachel of this very thing. Sturm has one of his dog handlers pick up her son. They drag the boy to the kennels, Rachel rushes to him and Frau Hagan grabs the boy. Sturm has Rachel bent over and humiliated in order to retrieve the diamonds she is concealing inside herself, when Schorner arrives back to camp early to witness and stop the scene. Sturm call Schorner out over the affair, and Schorner beats him. Just then a soldier arrives, reporting they have found the missing soldier's body along with four British parachutes. The men put duty before personal motives and go to investigate. The men are...
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