Chapter 82: The Secrets of European Art

"Both of the dead were members of the Rolf family?" Haitian seemed to think of something and suddenly asked.

"That's right! The Rolf family, who have kept their money underground on the station street for centuries, are one of Switzerland's most prominent bankers. ”

"Is it possible that their enemies did this?" Haitian thought for a moment and asked.

"It's possible! Because Rolf has a lot of accounts in his bank that are used to launder money, he should have a lot of enemies! ”

"What else did you find out about the Rolf family?"

"There is a well-known legend in Switzerland that the Rolf family was cursed. Twenty years ago, Rolf's wife committed suicide by digging a pit in the garden of a cottage in the mountains, lying down in it, shooting herself. A few years later, Rolf's son was also killed in a car accident! ”

"Who else is in the Rolf family?"

"His daughter, who should be alive by now, is Lucy."

"Lucy Rolfe? The name is familiar, as if you've heard it somewhere? ”

"Of course it's familiar! She is one of the world's most famous musicians! ”

"Her father is dead, and she should return to Zurich to deal with the aftermath! But obviously we won't be able to find her in Zurich! ”

"I have her address in London! I heard she doesn't like living in Switzerland! ”

"Great! Hopefully we can learn something from her! ”

"I'm sorry, but I want to say that I don't know your name yet?"

"You can call me Taylor, that's my name now!"

Dorag knew it was a fake name, but he had a name!

"Mr. Taylor! Thank you for saving me! I don't know what your purpose was in saving me, but I can feel that you are not hostile to me! So I'm willing to work with you, okay? ”

"Absolutely! I can't ask for it! But I want to know about the missing artworks? ”

Dorag knew that Haitian would have to ask him about it sooner or later, so he had no intention of hiding it!

"I'm sure Sham has already told you something, but in fact, Sham is the authority in this regard! And I know more from him!

Don't look at the high status of London and New York in the art world now, in fact, in the forties of the last century, Paris was the art center of the world, and the art center of Paris was the 8th arrondissement of La Boire West! There is the famous Paul Rosenberg's gallery, and across the street is Picasso's former residence!

You may not know that Sham was called Picasso 'Uncle'! Because Sham's father also ran a gallery there, and it was next to the Rosenberg Gallery, and naturally Picasso was also a neighbor, and he was able to stand next to Picasso and admire Picasso's paintings. ”

Although Haitian also wanted to hear about Gilmersham, he was still interested in the disappearance of the artworks, so he asked:

"What about when the Germans came?"

Dorag thought for a moment, presumably sorting out his thoughts, and then said with a long sigh of relief:

"How can I say it, it came too suddenly! In just two months, the German army marched into Paris, and the Eiffel Tower was hung with an anti-swastika! ”

"When did they start plundering? Was it before or after? ”

"Two days after Hitler's occupation of France, he ordered the Jews to hand over all the works of art in their collection to the Germans 'for safekeeping', and in fact, the German plundering of all of France began at that time"

"Sham and I mentioned that Hitler seems to have set up a special organization to carry out the looting of France!"

"That's right! Several organizations were formed, the most important one was called the 'Rosenberg National Guidance Headquarters', which was a huge group of organizations with an intelligence department dedicated to searching for works of art, commandos specializing in raiding and looting, a group of experts in art history and art appreciation, and even more incredibly, there was even a group of carpenters who made zuΓ² crates for the looted works of art in order to transport them back to Germany! ”

"Narapoai West Road must be the first stop for their robbery!" After Haitian listened, he couldn't help but sigh.

"That's right! They are all targeting art dealers and collectors! Even the Rothschilds were not spared, and their family collection was looted, along with the valuable things in the house. And the collections of the Jewish banking giants did not escape the looting, and all the Jewish galleries on the west road of La Boire were ransacked! At this point, Dorag did not continue, but there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

"These people must have started massacring Jews, right? I think Sham's parents should be among them! ”

Haitian knew what was going on next was something Dorag was reluctant to mention.

"That's right! At that time, the Sham family was spared, because long before the war, Sham's father rented a villa in the area of the French puppet government, and hid all the paintings there, and with the German occupation of France, they also moved there, but Sham's father told a French colleague about this plan, and the man told the secret, so it was for this reason that he willingly worked for us! ”

"Sham wasn't there?" "Yes! He was sent out of France by his father long ago, so he was able to survive! ”

"Where do all the robbed paintings end up?"

"They turned the MusΓ©e de MusΓ©e de Paris tennis court into a place to store and classify these paintings. A large number of experts worked day and night to classify and evaluate these paintings. If you like it, you will send it back to Germany and give it to the FΓΌhrer, or it will be used as part of the collection of the Linz Project or the German Museum! Among them, Old Masters and Nordic artworks are the mainstay"

"What about the other works of art? Impressionist and modern works? ”

"The Nazis thought they were low-grade works of art, so they sold them and used them to finance their military expenses!"

"How do they trade?"

Like Hermann Goering, he turned many of his collections into his own personal belongings, and sold or exchanged some of his favorite works for impressionist and modern works that he didn't like! This damn Goering, basically bought and sold by force, and if he couldn't get it, he would go back and rob it, steal it, and his collection includes works by Van Gogh, Degas, CΓ©zanne, as well as works by Renoir and Monet! It's usually Italy and Switzerland that do it for them! ”

"It seems that Switzerland has played a very important role!"

"The relationship between Switzerland and its neutrality gave the dealers and collectors a unique advantage in reaping the benefits of the German ransacking of France. The Swiss were free to travel through most of Europe, and at the time, the Swiss franc was the only currency of its peers! ”

"I see! So a place like Zurich must be full of huge profits from working with Hitler! ”

"In other words, if Paris is the place to buy dirty paintings, then Zurich, Geneva are places to sell dirty words"

"No way! The imperfect laws of Switzerland at that time must have allowed these loopholes to take advantage of these loopholes! ”

"In fact, after the war, experts from the Allies came to Switzerland to investigate, but in the end there was no result! Because those dirty paintings have become their personal belongings in Swiss law! ”

"Dorag, do you think those dirty paintings are still in Switzerland?"

"Most of them should be there!"

"Rolf should have some of it, right?"

"Not anymore!"

Two people, you and I are talking, just like two friends chatting, Haitian understands the beginning and end of some things from Dorag's words!

"Looks like someone is eyeing these dirty paintings! It seems that even those bombings have something to do with it! And someone figured out guΓ² you find these dirty paintings! How many people know these secrets? ”

"Only those who have experienced and participated in it will know! Now what happened is already explained! ”

"I found the anti-swastika symbol in Rolf's house, did you notice?"

"What do you say? Is it true? I was a little flustered, so I didn't notice! ”

"It's not that you didn't notice, it's that it's underneath Rolf's corpse! It seems that Rolf has told us who the murderer is! What do you think? ”

"I don't know! Could it be that that organization still exists? That's impossible? ”

"Nothing is impossible! By the way, Dorag, how much do you know about the ancient families of Europe? ”

"I don't understand! They are all mysterious, and anyone who tries to understand them will die! ”

Haitian had hoped to learn something about the old European families from Dorag, which seemed unlikely, but come to think of it, it was easy for those Gulai families to want these dirty paintings, and there was no need to make it so complicated!

"What about the shadow organizations?"

"Mr. Taylor! Who the hell are you? How do you know these things? ”

"Dorag! I can tell you who I am, but after knowing that you have only two choices, one is to become my subordinate, and the other is to go to hell, do you still want to know? ”

"Forget it! I just want to live the rest of my life in peace! ”

"To be honest, I'm interested in you! You're the best agent I've ever seen, at least better than the British agent you've seen before! Because you know how to live to complete the task better, instead of blindly carrying out the task! I need men like you! You can think about it! Before I leave Europe, you can think about it during this time! ”

Haitian admires Dorag very much, he is calm and delicate, meticulous, and most importantly, he has a deep study of artworks, because now Haitian is also interested in these dirty paintings......