All things come with a price, though, and in Agent Savoy’s case it was a steep one. To keep the double running, it was obviously vital that Skurin maintain full confidence in Hans Kemritz, and that meant allowing Kemritz to continue to lure victims to East Berlin. While the SSU checked over Skurin’s hit list beforehand to warn off anyone they wished to protect, at least seventeen German citizens, fourteen men and three women, made the fateful trip into the city’s Soviet zone at Kemritz’s invitation and into the KGB’s hands.
