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Gunther Grillparzer
Fictional Character
Worldwar
POD: May 30, 1942
Appearance(s): Upsetting the Balance;
Striking the Balance;
Down to Earth
Type of Appearance: Direct
Species: Human
Nationality: Germany
Date of Birth: 1910s
Occupation: Soldier, Criminal
Military Branch: Wehrmacht (Race Invasion of Tosev 3)

Gunther Grillparzer was an enlisted tank gunner under Heinrich Jäger's command on the Polish front during the Race Invasion of Earth. An enthusiastic disciple of Nazi racial views, he proposed knocking Lodz flat, eliminating all Lizards and Jews in the city in one blow. This idea was firmly rejected by Colonel Jäger, who rejected Nazi prejudices and had befriended several Jewish partisans during the war against the Race.

In the 1960s, Grillparzer began to blackmail Drucker for his treasonous act in helping Jäger defect to Poland in 1944. Drucker traveled to Weimar and, by pretending to have been an SS provocateur all along, scared the cowardly Grillparzer into abandoning his scheme.

Drucker did not know whether Grillparzer survived the Race-German War of 1965.

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