I read this thriller novel in 2005. Its probably old. Written around 1980's or 1990's. Perhaps even before.
Its begins with these two British spies/agents who go to retrieve information from a spy but are ambushed by the Gestapo (in Vienna?). Almost parallel to the real life Venlo Incident where British spies were captured in a Gestapo trap by the SS/SD. They are sent to a Nazi prison where the protagonist's friend is labeled a homosexual and dies.
There's also the matter of some Nazi gold hidden and many characters try to retrieve it. There's a character called Hugo/Heinrich. I think he's responsible for the theft of the gold and he and his compatriots hide it in a mine or a mountain somewhere. He's a member of the Gestapo/SS/SD and was responsible for the kidnapping of the protagonist and his friend in the beginning of the book. Towards the end of the war, the protagonist is released from prison/concentration camp and hunts Nazis. He kills Hugo/Heinrich at the end of the book near a mountain if memory serves. The book also shows how Nazi Germany started a war with Poland under false circumstances i.e. the Glewize incident- they claimed Polish soldiers had carried out an attack on a german outpost/radio station.
The book had a yellow cover. And it had SS written on it. Looked very old. I could have sworn it was by Frederick Forsyth but I've gone through all his novels and so far haven't come up with the right one. Perhaps the author had a similar name.
I'm offering a reward of 2000wrz$ to whoever can give me the name and author of the book.
Its begins with these two British spies/agents who go to retrieve information from a spy but are ambushed by the Gestapo (in Vienna?). Almost parallel to the real life Venlo Incident where British spies were captured in a Gestapo trap by the SS/SD. They are sent to a Nazi prison where the protagonist's friend is labeled a homosexual and dies.
There's also the matter of some Nazi gold hidden and many characters try to retrieve it. There's a character called Hugo/Heinrich. I think he's responsible for the theft of the gold and he and his compatriots hide it in a mine or a mountain somewhere. He's a member of the Gestapo/SS/SD and was responsible for the kidnapping of the protagonist and his friend in the beginning of the book. Towards the end of the war, the protagonist is released from prison/concentration camp and hunts Nazis. He kills Hugo/Heinrich at the end of the book near a mountain if memory serves. The book also shows how Nazi Germany started a war with Poland under false circumstances i.e. the Glewize incident- they claimed Polish soldiers had carried out an attack on a german outpost/radio station.
The book had a yellow cover. And it had SS written on it. Looked very old. I could have sworn it was by Frederick Forsyth but I've gone through all his novels and so far haven't come up with the right one. Perhaps the author had a similar name.
I'm offering a reward of 2000wrz$ to whoever can give me the name and author of the book.
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