German rigor was fully reflected in the security work at Wilanów Palace. At this moment, the grounds outside the palace were filled with both overt guards and hidden sentries.
Apart from the Defense Force, Wilanów Palace also housed a Prime Minister's Guard specially established by Adolf.
Thus, Wilanów Palace possessed a three-layer security network. The outermost layer consisted of Poles, the relatively inner layer was formed by the German Defense Force, and the innermost layer was made up of the Guard and some plainclothes agents from the German Security Department.
Second Lieutenant Poltov walked along the stone-paved path toward the central square of Wilanów Palace. German soldiers stood on either side like statues, steadfastly enduring the biting wind.
Poland was clearly far from warm at this time. Poland itself lay at high latitudes and had a temperate continental climate, making its winters even more tormenting.
Poland in his previous life had been located in the transitional belt between temperate oceanic and continental climates. But now, the lands warmed by the Atlantic current—western Poland and the Baltic Sea coast—were all German territory.
This damned weather! These Swabians are pretty dedicated, though, Second Lieutenant Poltov grumbled inwardly.
The term "Swabian" carried a special meaning in Poland. It was a derogatory name Poles used for Germans. In the past, Poles often used it to belittle Prussians, and after Prussia unified Germany, it came to cover all Germans.
Thus, here "Swabian" could be understood as such negative descriptions as "stupid Germans" or "barbaric Germans."
Anyone familiar with German history and geography would know that Swabia was a region in southwestern Germany, the homeland of the Rhine Royal Family in East Africa.
The reason Poles had once called Prussia that was because Prussia's ruling House of Hohenzollern originated from the Swabian region.
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