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Set in 1963 (beginning on the night of the Kennedy assassination), it follows Peter Miller, a German journalist investigating the suicide of a Holocaust survivor in Hamburg. Miller acquires the dead man's diary and sets out to find Eduard Roschmann, the former commandant of the Riga concentration camp. As he does, Miller uncovers a plot to destroy Israel using German electronics and Egyptian bioweapons.
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Set in 1963 (beginning on the night of the Kennedy UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy assassination), it follows Peter Miller, a German UsefulNotes/{{West German|y}} journalist investigating the suicide of a Holocaust [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Holocaust]] survivor in Hamburg. Miller acquires the dead man's diary and sets out to find Eduard Roschmann, the former commandant of the Riga [[UsefulNotes/{{Latvia}} Riga]] concentration camp. As he does, Miller uncovers a plot to destroy Israel UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} using German electronics and Egyptian bioweapons.
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As explained by Forsyth in the novel's forward, the ODESSA of the title has nothing to do with the Ukrainian port, but is an acronym for "'''O'''rganisation '''d'''er '''e'''hemaligen '''SS'''-'''A'''ngehörigen" (in English "Organization of Former Members of the SS"), which may or may not have existed to protect former SS members.
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As explained by Forsyth in the novel's forward, the ODESSA of the title has nothing to do with the Ukrainian port, UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian port city, but is an acronym for "'''O'''rganisation '''d'''er '''e'''hemaligen '''SS'''-'''A'''ngehörigen" (in English "Organization of Former Members of the SS"), which may or may not have existed to protect former SS members.
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Has nothing to do with the UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian city.
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Has nothing to do with the UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian city.
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As explained by Forsyth in the novel's foreward, the ODESSA of the title has nothing to do with the Ukrainian port, but is an acronym for "'''O'''rganisation '''d'''er '''e'''hemaligen '''SS'''-'''A'''ngehörigen" (in English "Organization of Former Members of the SS"), which may or may not have existed to protect former SS members.
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As explained by Forsyth in the novel's foreward, forward, the ODESSA of the title has nothing to do with the Ukrainian port, but is an acronym for "'''O'''rganisation '''d'''er '''e'''hemaligen '''SS'''-'''A'''ngehörigen" (in English "Organization of Former Members of the SS"), which may or may not have existed to protect former SS members.
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* FriendOnTheForce: Miller has one, but it's not as much help as he'd like.
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* FriendOnTheForce: Miller has one, but it's not as much help as he'd like. On the other side, ODESSA have some of their own working for the police.
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* SpottingTheThread: In the film, Miller blows his cover with an ill-advised phone call to Sigi from the Munich train station - ODESSA has eyes and ears on both ends of the line.
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* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStorY: Played with but ultimately averted. The only part of Miller's Gunther Kolb cover story that can't be checked is the letter from his employer, as its purported author is on vacation out of the country. Everything else - his hospital stay and time in a convalescent clinic - is backed by an appropriate paper trail. Even the name Miller gives when asked who identified him is that of someone who actually works at the hospital.
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* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStorY: ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: Played with but ultimately averted. The only part of Miller's Gunther Kolb cover story that can't be checked is the letter from his employer, as its purported author is on vacation out of the country. Everything else - his hospital stay and time in a convalescent clinic - is backed by an appropriate paper trail. Even the name Miller gives when asked who identified him is that of someone who actually works at the hospital.
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* CoverIdentityAnomaly: Discussed, lampshaded, and ultimately averted in the film. Mossad agents thoroughly prepare Miller for his role as former SS Sergeant Kolb, drilling him in everything from general SS knowledge to details of Kolb's service and the camp where he was stationed. They even fake a scar from Kolb supposedly burning off his SS blood group tattoo. It pays off, as the [=ODESSA=] operative he contacts grills him before accepting his story, even asking to see the scar. Played straight with the Mossad operatives sent in before Miller; it's implied they were caught either because they were less knowledgeable about their cover stories or that their circumcisions gave them away.
