Editing Martinez Alberto Fritz (section)

== Defection and death ==
On 9 January 2023, Fritz's squad searched a house in the Georgetown district during an operation against suspected resistance sympathizers. Inside, Fritz found a family of four: [[Jone Naivalu]], [[Mere Naivalu]], their twelve-year-old daughter [[Ana Naivalu]], and their eight-year-old son [[Tui Naivalu]]. Instead of reporting the parents and children, Fritz left the building and told the squad that the house was empty.

One soldier in the squad noticed signs that the house had been occupied but did not challenge Fritz at the scene. On 10 January 2023 at 4:55 p.m., the soldier reported the incident to a higher-ranking officer. The report eventually reached [[Jose Leandro Olave]].

By 11 January 2023, Fritz had decided to move all four Naivalus out of Georgetown. That evening, [[Mark Hugerinus Paap]] encountered the Naivalu family near a resort property close to [[Lifou]]. They told him that both parents and both children were already being helped by an SS officer named Fritz.

Later that evening, Mark found Fritz by chance at a small roadside shrine outside the village, where Fritz had stopped alone during his day off and left a match burning beside a photograph of Lucia Marisol Duarte. Mark recognized him from the family's description and approached without drawing his weapon. He named the Naivalus, warned Fritz not to betray them, and offered the harbor extraction as the only route that could get all four family members out of Georgetown. At 9:46 p.m., the two men agreed that Fritz would move the family through the city, while Mark would wait with a boat at the harbor.

At 8:14 p.m. the same evening, Olave reported the suspicion against Fritz to [[Chiche Alem]] on [[Ravi-Ta]]. Alem authorized Fritz's arrest at 8:31 p.m. Olave departed Ravi-Ta for Georgetown with an arrest detachment.<ref name="chiche-alem">''[[Chiche Alem]]'', Vrienden Universe. Used for Alem's position as Reichsführer-SS during the period and his authority within the Allgemeine SS command structure.</ref><ref name="ravi-ta">''[[Ravi-Ta]]'', Vrienden Universe. Used for Ravi-Ta's role as a restricted leadership island and secure command location under the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen.</ref>

On 12 January 2023 at 12:18 a.m., Fritz began escorting Jone, Mere, Ana, and Tui Naivalu through Georgetown toward the harbor. At 12:43 a.m., he heard vehicles approaching and realized Olave's detachment had reached the city. Fritz told the family to run to the harbor without him and stayed behind to delay the soldiers.

At 12:47 a.m., Olave ordered Fritz to turn around and surrender. Fritz turned and opened fire. He did not take cover and instead stood in the street, shouting while firing into the advancing detachment. Several of Olave's soldiers were killed or wounded during the first exchange.

By 12:52 a.m., Fritz had exhausted his rifle ammunition. He drew his pistol and fired several more shots. Olave remained behind cover for most of the fight and was not injured. At 12:53 a.m., Fritz was hit multiple times and fell to the ground. At 12:54 a.m., Olave approached and shot him in the head, killing him.

At 1:07 a.m., Jone, Mere, Ana, and Tui Naivalu reached the harbor and boarded Mark Hugerinus Paap's boat. All four escaped and were never captured. The Tanoa Einsatzgruppen later opened a manhunt for them, but they remained missing from regime custody.<ref name="fish-conflict" />

Olave was later rewarded by [[Eef Paap]] for killing Fritz. The killing was presented internally as the punishment of treason, while resistance accounts treated Fritz's final act as an example of a regime officer breaking from command at the moment of decision.<ref name="fish-conflict" />