Helmut von Kupferstein

Helmut von Kupferstein was Goethe scholar at the Friedrich Wilhelm University, and a colleague of Susanna Weiss's. At a New Year's Eve party held at the University, von Kupferstein drunkenly proclaimed that the system had "grit in its gears", but that it could be "clean[ed] up" and lubricated to get it working right. While Weiss though him a pompous ass, she did agree with him in his support for Führer Heinz Buckliger. However, Weiss did not appreciate the fact that von Kupferstein threatened to drop cigarette ashes into her drink.