eman ’ s ▁ultimately ▁van qu ished ▁Müller . ▁Yet , ▁as ▁committed ▁and ▁exempl ary ▁as ▁Mart ino ▁may ▁be , ▁he ▁occup ies ▁a ▁limited ▁role , ▁over shadow ed ▁by ▁the ▁brut al ▁ant ics ▁of ▁the ▁central ▁German ▁character , ▁the ▁Naz i ▁sp y ▁H es m ert . ▁As ▁much ▁as ▁the ▁simple ▁fact ▁of ▁Mart ino ’ s ▁existence ▁in ▁the ▁novel ▁is ▁indic ative ▁of ▁the ▁author ’ s ▁desire ▁to ▁raise ▁British ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁a ▁“ good ” ▁Germany , ▁his ▁marg inal ity ▁in ▁the ▁plot ▁may ▁well ▁be ▁equally ▁suggest ive ▁of ▁F les ch - B run ningen ’ s ▁sense ▁of ▁ca ution ▁in ▁dwell ing ▁upon ▁a ▁non pop ular ist ▁view ▁of ▁German ▁culture ." ▁ ▁Me eting ▁place ▁Lion ▁Fe uch tw anger , ▁a ▁prominent ▁author ▁in ▁ex ile ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁purchased ▁a ▁m ansion , ▁called ▁Villa ▁Aur ora , ▁and ▁used ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁meeting ▁place ▁for ▁ex iled ▁writers ▁and ▁intellect uals . ▁Not ▁everything ▁was ▁easy ▁for ▁Fe uch tw anger ▁while ▁in ▁ex ile . ▁In ▁the ▁Mc Car thy ▁era , ▁Fe uch tw anger ▁was ▁scr ut in ized ▁as ▁a ▁“ pre m ature ▁ant if asc ist ” ▁by ▁the ▁House ▁Un - American ▁Activ ities ▁Committee . ▁F ear ing ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁return , ▁he ▁never ▁tra ve led ▁outside ▁the ▁U . S . ▁again