Casablanca: Appointment at Dawn

Couple on a date in Casablanca in February 1943

Old post office.

NYT front page announcing Operation Torch and the Allies landing in North Africa.

Tunisian Desert where Kurt received his final instructions before carrying out his mission.

Harbor, Sfax, Tunisia The Building on the right is where I set the hotel to which Kurt went to complete his critical mission. The shacks on the bulkhead across from my fictional hotel are the ones where I set a critical scene in the story.

Map of old Sfax, Tunisia where Kurt traveled to complete his mission.

Street scene from Casablanca's Medina (Old Town). This is a street that Kurt and Sarah might have traveled when they went in search of double agents and a murderer.

Old cistern at El Jadida where Kurt chased a double agent who was assassinated before Kurt could get information out of him.

Harbor, Sfax, Tunisia. The larger building on the right is one of those upon which I based the fictional hotel where Kurt went to complete his critical mission.

Street scene from Casablanca's Medina (Old Town). This is a street Kurt and Sarah might have traveled when they went in search of double agents and a murder.

A US tank rolling through Casablanca's new section, 1943.

Nurses of the 8th Evacuation Hospital, Casablanca, 1943. Sarah would have been among this group.

A hospital train that ran between Oran and Casablanca during Operation Torch, 1942. Sarah would have received patients from this group when they arrived in Casablanca.