Harry Kindermann is a Jewish maple, dairy, and machinery trader in Fort Beulah. Kindermann makes a comfortable living until Windrip’s election—but then, he loses all his contracts and the government takes away all his property. After giving up his bungalow and business, he ends up moving into a rundown shack and selling sausages on the street. His wife even dies of pneumonia. He joins the New Underground, but later quits out of fear. His fate demonstrates how Windrip’s fascist dictatorship inflicts needless suffering on minority groups, like Jewish people.
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Chapter 17
...as he charges Minute Men a fraction of the official price. But the Jewish merchant Harry Kindermann loses all his business. He ends up selling sausages on the street and living in...
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Chapter 26
...Wilgus, Lorinda Pike, Julian Falck, Dr. Marcus Olmsted, John Pollikop, Father Perefixe, Henry Veeder’s wife, Harry Kindermann , Mungo Kitterick, and Pete Vutong. Every week, representatives from the broader New Underground contact...
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