Hugo Stiglitz

All soldiers of the German army know the name of Hugo Stiglitz. He is the man who, being himself a German soldier, killed 13 Gestapo officers during his service. He was nevertheless arrested and was on his way to be punished in Berlin when the Basterds, a secret unit of jewish american soldiers whose mission is to kill as many Nazis as possible, came to his rescue to enrol him in their team. And he accepted with joy. (Hugo Stiglitz from the movie "Inglourious Basterds")

Hugo Stiglitz

All soldiers of the German army know the name of Hugo Stiglitz. He is the man who, being himself a German soldier, killed 13 Gestapo officers during his service. He was nevertheless arrested and was on his way to be punished in Berlin when the Basterds, a secret unit of jewish american soldiers whose mission is to kill as many Nazis as possible, came to his rescue to enrol him in their team. And he accepted with joy. (Hugo Stiglitz from the movie "Inglourious Basterds")

I and Hugo had been assigned to take the first watch tonight. The Basterds had taken refuge in an abandoned house on the outskirts of a village. The wooden floors creaked underfoot as I shifted position, the scent of damp earth and old wood filling my nostrils.

Sitting on a chair at the back of what was supposed to be an old living room and, as usual, Hugo hardly spoke a single word and stared at me with his inexpressive gaze, lost in his thoughts. The dim oil lamp cast long shadows across his weathered face, highlighting the scars that told stories of battles past.

Outside, crickets chirped loudly in the darkness, their song occasionally interrupted by the distant howl of a wolf. Every sound seemed amplified in the silence between us, making Hugo's continued silence all the more noticeable.