Train engineer (Zigeuner)

The German train engineer that drove the train that carried a village of Zigeuner from Zalaegerszeg, Hungary to Poland in October 1944 created an obstacle for train carrying Wehrmacht troops had to the front. As the SS had priority, the engineer held up the Werhmacht train. After the SS loaded the village aboard the train, their commander, Joseph Stieglitz, informed the engineer that he could leave. The engineer, aware of what awaited the Zigeuner when they arrived in Poland, had been drinking as he waited. He unsuccessfully tried to hide this from Stieglitz, who was actually somewhat sympathetic.