Blue Division

Berlin, 1941. Hans Edelmann, a scientist at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Atomic Research, secretly photographs documents and plans for the atomic bomb he is working on as part of a selected group of researchers. The German Communist Party wanted to get this information to Moscow so that the Russian government could also get hold of the atomic weapon as soon as possible.

The man chosen to get the negatives to Russia is Santi, a young communist who enlists in the Blue Division to carry out the mission. Santi, whose father was killed in 1936, undertakes, camouflaged among the fervent divisionaries, an adventure in the war itself until he meets Marta, an old love that he kept hidden away in some corner of his brain, but that struggles to emerge again.

A self-conclusive story with a surprising ending and a very careful setting which, using the narrative calligraphy of the classic adventure, and without ceasing to be so, provides the reader with elements of reflection on a multitude of aspects related to the human condition.