Henry Jaeger

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Karl-Heinz Jaeger (1927–2000) was a German author, reformed criminal, and journalist, best known for his semi-autobiographical novel The Fortress (1962). Written during his incarceration, the book was adapted into the 1964 film Condemned to Sin.^[1]