In the chap­ter titled “AUGUST KRAPPTAUER GOES TO VALHALLA,” Vice-Bun­des­fuehrer August Krapp­tauer show­cas­es his unex­pect­ed youth­ful spir­it by descend­ing the stairs to retrieve Helga’s lug­gage from Jones’ lim­ou­sine. This act, how­ev­er, rais­es con­cerns from Jones and Kee­ley due to Krapptauer’s frail health and syn­co­pat­ed heart. Despite their protests, Krapp­tauer insists that risk­ing his life for Howard Camp­bel­l’s wife—someone linked with Adolf Hitler—is a mat­ter of hon­or. Trag­i­cal­ly, he col­laps­es and dies before their eyes.

Efforts to revive him are futile, lead­ing Dr. Abra­ham Epstein, who lives near­by, to con­firm Krapptauer’s death in a rather rough man­ner. The two for­mer fas­cists, Jones and Kee­ley, main­tain a sur­pris­ing respect for the doc­tor, despite the ten­sion in the air. Jones cov­ers Krapp­tauer with a blan­ket, lament­ing that the old man had just begun to find pur­pose in orga­niz­ing a group called the Iron Guard of the White Sons of the Amer­i­can Con­sti­tu­tion, which aimed to bring togeth­er young peo­ple in a dis­ci­plined man­ner. Their nos­tal­gia paints Krapp­tauer as a devot­ed fig­ure who inspired youth from var­i­ous back­grounds.

Jones recalls that Krapp­tauer admired Camp­bell dur­ing his broad­casts, lis­ten­ing dili­gent­ly even dur­ing his impris­on­ment. Jones express­es his hope that Camp­bell would take on the role of Ide­al­ism Offi­cer with­in the Iron Guard, show­cas­ing their high regard for him as a leader. There’s a pal­pa­ble sad­ness as they reflect on Krapp­tauer’s poten­tial con­tri­bu­tions, under­scored by Keeley’s emo­tion­al response.

The scene takes a twist when Robert, Jones’ chauffeur—an elder­ly man with a com­plex back­ground as a for­mer Japan­ese ally and a self-pro­claimed “Black Fuehrer of Harlem”—arrives. He doesn’t extend his hand and reveals his dis­dain for Camp­bell, sug­gest­ing their ide­o­log­i­cal dis­cord. Robert insists that col­ored peo­ple will rise against the white pop­u­lace, proph­esy­ing a future where they dom­i­nate. His com­ments lead to a dia­logue tinged with his­tor­i­cal ref­er­ences and racial ten­sion, ulti­mate­ly prompt­ing skep­ti­cism from Camp­bell, who ques­tions Robert’s assump­tions about racial iden­ti­ty.