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Fräulein Schildknecht

A nurse at the Berghof sanatorium.

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Also known as Alfreda Schildknecht, Sister Alfreda

First appearance: number 34

Fräulein Schildknecht shows up with force in He Practises His French. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The corridor nurse (Sister Berta) desperately holds the cousins in conversation, complaining of boredom, her cultured origins, and the doctors.
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In He Practises His French: The corridor nurse (Sister Berta) desperately holds the cousins in conversation, complaining of boredom, her cultured origins, and the doctors. Later, in The Dance of Death: Nurse to Fritz…

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LSLudovico Sette…DBDr. BlumenkohlLNLeo NaphtaJZJoachim ZiemssenDKDr. KrokowskiFSFräulein Schildknecht

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  • Secondary Patients & Staff
  • Central Sanatorium Figures

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Fräulein Schildknecht in number 34