A young Swiss patriot who attempted to assassinate Hitler and was executed after three years in prison. He appears solely as a recurring, tormenting hallucination to Heinrich, symbolizing the embassy's moral compromises and Switzerland's hidden wartime guilt.
Nicolas connects Bavaud's fate to contemporary questions of Swiss responsibility.
Bavaud appears as a spectral manifestation of Zwygart's guilt and psychological unraveling.
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