The Talking Sparrow Murders Author:Darwin Teilhet In Heidelberg, a young American is stopped in the street by a man, who after mumbling something about a sparrow talking, falls over dead, murdered. — Set against the background of Germany immediately after Hitler's rise to power, when the Nazis have taken over the police to guard against Communist plots, and Anti-Semitism is rampant. Murders occu... more »r, and the solution of the problem is made more difficult and embarrassing for the police owing to the fact that the names of prominent Nazis are involved.