Popielski lost Lviv, strength and health. Together with a group of repatriates, he goes to Wroclaw. There he meets Eberhard Mock, head of the criminal police in Breslau (Wroclaw). Edward knows him from the Minotaur case. Now, however, Eberhard has to flee Poland, along with a wave of German refugees. Edward decides to exchange Lewicki for Lódz, Mock detects the ruse, but "Bald" has nothing to lose.
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