The armed group did not bother to really conceal their presence - after all they were not plainclothes members of the Gestapo, they were proper soldiers. Schmidt adjusted the collar of his coat slightly and took a deep breath. They had managed to take out a scout as silently as possible, but there had been another one further down the street. Now the resistance would know that they were contending with the SS.
This time Schmidt wanted to avoid bloodshed - he had left two of his men to guard the knocked out scout. He took the lead as usual and made his way to the door. Very casually the Standartenführer knocked on the door.