 Fearing a possible backlash by the post-war Allied authorities, Rost agreed to an oral interview only after being granted the use of the alias Clemens Forell.Bauer then processed the eight hours of taped material into his famous 1955 novel "So weit die Füße tragen" ("As far as my feet will carry me").In the 1960s, Rost used some of his recollections in his own paperback, "Unternehmen Konterbande" ("Mission Contraband"), but it was never printed or published.