I guess I carelessly thought it was an urban-legend that the Nazis had actually taken human skin and used it to make things like lampshades. Much to my disgust and horror it turns out it was really true. In We Spoke Out there are many comic book stories showcasing the evil that was the Third Reich, but even more horrific at times are the essays which tell the true stories behind the particular comic yarns. This is one instance.
"The Tattooed Heart" in some ways is just one more gross horror tale all too common in the 1950's. When the horror boom struck such grotesque tales as this one rampaged across the racks. In this one we meet Ludwig Stern, the Commandant of a concentration camp and a less sympathetic figure you will likely never find. He's cruel and cold and runs away when the Allies storm his camp. He ends up in America, living a life and remembering his atrocities but then vengeance finds him. I'll just say, be careful when you turn on the lights in his house. This is a lurid tale but the horror is it's based on the truth.
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