Dieter Kuhn was an SS officer stationed in France when that country was part of the Greater German Reich. He was assigned to capture Pierre Dutourd, the unofficial king of Porte d'Aix, the center of Marseille's criminal activities. Pierre dealt ginger, and had closer ties to the Race than the Germans liked. However, Pierre overreached himself. He came to an accord with the Race, which angered Kuhn. This left Monique vulnerable to Kuhn's sexual demands. Kuhn was an old acquaintance of Rance Auerbach.