Code Name Hélène

by Ariel Lawhon

Hearst insists that, in my articles, I refer to men like Janos as “political refugees,” but the truth is they are Jews, running scared.

CHAUDES-AIGUES PLATEAU, CANTAL, FRANCE March 21, 1944

takes a moment to find the woman chained to the light post. Her arms are stretched taut above her. Her head hangs to her chest at an unnatural angle. And her entire torso is split open from throat to groin. At her feet, in a ghastly pool of blood and entrails, lies her unborn child—a full-size infant, ready to be born.