Halder’s student and later his mistress/wife, representing the youthful, idealistic energy that feeds into the Nazi movement.

Unlike Goldstein (dense, formal) or Marion & Thornton (good but dry), Taylor hits a sweet spot:

Halder’s descent begins when he writes a novel advocating for "compassionate euthanasia" for the elderly and infirm, based on his own experiences with his mother. This book attracts the attention of the Nazi Party, which recruits him to help develop their eugenics policies.

One night, the boy who’d first brought the watch returned, older now, with a woman at his side and a baby asleep against her chest. He placed his palm on Taylor’s bench as if touching the world through glass. “We named him Elias,” he said. “After my grandmother.”

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