Thank you for finding and quoting the relevant paragraph. Your impression is indeed correct.
A little native speaker help: is it clear from that sentence whether Katte gave it to Müller just before his death, or whether it made its way to Fritz just before Katte's death? Because if Fritz read it *before* he saw Katte and fainted...I have all sorts of interesting thoughts about that.
The impression I get when reading it is that Katte gave it to Müller just before his death. Also, from what I recall Müller was with Katte all through the night, Katte got executed in the early morning, Müller didn't see Fritz until after, not before.
Re: Katte!
A little native speaker help: is it clear from that sentence whether Katte gave it to Müller just before his death, or whether it made its way to Fritz just before Katte's death? Because if Fritz read it *before* he saw Katte and fainted...I have all sorts of interesting thoughts about that.
The impression I get when reading it is that Katte gave it to Müller just before his death. Also, from what I recall Müller was with Katte all through the night, Katte got executed in the early morning, Müller didn't see Fritz until after, not before.