Ahhh, yes, Toreth. I could see you perfectly matched with him. You just have to find him in real life. And I agree, he'd have no difficulty whatsoever bending Hellstrom to his will.

I actually feel it makes some sense, Hellstrom and Stiglitz being childhood friends. It gives Stiglitz some motivation for targeting Gestapo officers, and of course we all believe that Hellstrom was wielding the whip in Stiglitz's whipping flashback. Just as Landa and Hellstrom having been lovers provides Landa's motivation for strangling Bridget. One person at fanfiction.net wrote a pretty good storty about that, an alternate take on Landa's investigation apres the tavern massacre.

Beautiful and tragic and painful - dear Dieterchen dying of lung cancer, his body finally ravaged by all those cigarettes. Saving him from death would be the one thing Landa couldn't do for him. I should write about that.