Dieter Kuhn

Dieter Kuhn
Fictional Character
Worldwar POD: May 30, 1942
Appearance(s):	Second Contact; Down to Earth; Aftershocks
Type of Appearance:	Direct
Species:	Human
Nationality:	Germany
Date of Birth:	c. 1929
Occupation:	Soldier, student
Military Branch:	SS
Political Party:	Nazi Party

Dieter Kuhn was an SS Sturmbannführer stationed in France when that country was part of the Greater German Reich. Unusually slight and dark for a German, he could easily pass himself off as French. Kuhn was assigned to capture Pierre Dutourd, the unofficial king of Porte d'Aix, the center of Marseille's criminal activities. Pierre dealt ginger, and had closer ties to the Race than the Germans liked.

Kuhn was also familiar with the American smuggler Rance Auerbach.

In his pursuit of Dutourd, Kuhn enrolled as a student in Professor Monique Dutourd's Roman history course under the name Laforce. Monique was Pierre's sister. She'd believed her brother killed in 1940. Kuhn used his position to encourage Monique to date him. When he revealed his true intentions, she attempted to break off all contact with Kuhn, but he continued to take her class. His persistence paid off, and he was able to convince Monique to contact Pierre. When Pierre tried to pay Monique a covert visit, Kuhn contacted both, and co-opted them. Kuhn also continued to pursue a romantic relationship with Monique, despite her constant refusals.

However, Pierre overreached himself. He came to an accord with the Race, which angered Kuhn. This left Monique vulnerable to Kuhn's sexual demands.

Monique became so desperate that she arranged with some Lizards to kill Kuhn, but the only instructions that came down the pipeline were to kill the Tosevite who left the apartment block at a certain time. This resulted in the death of innocent fishmonger Ferdinand Bonnard.

Much to Monique's misgivings, Kuhn survived the Race-German War of 1965, which saw Marseilles hit by one of the Lizards' explosive-metal bombs.