Over the next few days, John began to work on the Foundation's estate. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info He didn't want to spend a day in Germany, not because he was afraid of the Nazis. Instead, he suddenly found that he had been changed little by little by the environment here.

When John first arrived in Berlin, whenever he saw a sign on the door of the restaurant that read "No Jews Entertained", he immediately flinched and preferred to go elsewhere. But as more and more "customers" invited him to eat at such restaurants, his attitude gradually wavered. Although there was still some bump in his heart, John began to feel that it was foolish to refuse these invitations because of this. Later, he didn't even think about it, so he naturally turned a blind eye to the sign at the door of these restaurants.

The impact of the environment on a person is truly terrifying. It's like John knew that Stoller's deeds were disgusting, but he became more and more comfortable sharing the benefits of it, and even began to feel that the other party was a good "friend".

When John realized these changes in himself, he was really shocked into a cold sweat. Although John is a capitalist and it is his nature to pursue profits, he does not want to destroy his conscience because of this small profit.

It was clear to John that the Nazi laws on the Jews were not intended at all, as they claimed, to limit this minority to no more than their fair share of the German economy.

The essence of these anti-Jewish laws is plunder. Now it is only plundering the property of the Jews, and they will be plundered in the future. John now just wants to close these "Objekte" businesses as soon as possible, and then move as far away from it as possible.

After John adjusted the offer appropriately, the work went well. It was only a little bit of a twist and turn in the identification of the artworks provided by Knopman.

Cousin Consuelo was very efficient, and after receiving John's call, she quickly found three professional appraisers for him. A Swiss jeweller appraisals jewellery and watches, a professor of art history at the University of Paris appraises paintings and sculptures, and a retired clerk of the Royal Heraldic Institution appraises antique weapons and medals.

Everything was going well, but the problem was with the paintings by the German contemporary artists. The French professor scoffed at the paintings of these "contemporary artists" who were sought after by the Nazi hierarchy, arguing that they had no artistic value and were merely nudes for commercial purposes. The "arrogance" of this French professor annoyed the Germans somewhat.

Johann didn't have much of an appreciation for oil painting, but considering that Hitler himself was a third-rate painter, what he admired should not be much better. Moreover, once these oil paintings are labeled as "Nazis", it is estimated that it will be difficult to be accepted by the collecting community in the future.

One thing John is sure of is that there were no "masters" in Germany during this period. Even if there were, it would not be recognized by future generations, such as Leni Riefenstahl, whom he met at the Goering banquet.

This beautiful, strong, and talented female filmmaker's achievements in documentaries are unparalleled. But after the war, her artistic achievements became taboo, and it was not until the next century that she was gradually brought to the fore.

In her previous life, in 2003, after the death of the 101-year-old female director, the documentaries she filmed "Triumph of the Will" and "Olympia" once went viral on the Internet, and John also downloaded them out of curiosity.

At the time, John was also shocked by the female director. The artistic techniques she used to document the Nuremberg Conference and the Berlin Olympics are still so powerful decades later that John was thrilled to watch.

It is said that a famous director in later generations is still watching and learning the film "Olympia" repeatedly when preparing for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Even the famous parent-child reality show "Where Did Dad Go" on a certain satellite TV, the opening title of the first episode of the opening season is still imitating Riefenstahl's famous "God's voice" bridge.

Although Leni Riefenstahl was named one of the 100 most important artists of the 20th century (the only woman among them) after her death, she was consistently excluded from the mainstream art world.

After the end of World War II, she was arrested twice on suspicion of glorifying the Nazis, spent four years in prison, and was once imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital, but was eventually acquitted. Because she was neither a member of the Nazi Party nor a supporter of the Nazis, she "never engaged in punishable political activity in support of Nazi rule, nor was she committed to establishing connections unrelated to her artistic career." Her sin was simply to make the Nazis "too beautiful".

Even a master of art like Lenny Riefenstahl would be hard to be recognized, let alone a Nazi painter whose name John had never even heard of. He decisively supported the French professor's argument and rejected the paintings.

In addition to handling the Foundation's business, John's main focus was on pondering his report to Roosevelt.

Originally, he wanted to "make a "prediction" of the development trend of the territorial issue between Germany and Czechoslovakia. But then, he changed his mind and didn't spend much time on the issue. He simply referred to Germany's hardline attitude towards the Czech question, arguing that the Nazis were unlikely to budge on the issue.

What if Washington was made aware of the ins and outs of the "Munich Conspiracy"? Isn't all they want is "peace"? As for the interests of the Czechs, even their French allies do not care, and the White House does not care.

In the report, John focused on his own feelings for the Nazi leadership, especially Hitler.

John reminded President Roosevelt that the current American media likes to portray Hitler as a comical lunatic, which is grossly distorted. In Johann's opinion, if Hitler had removed the mustache, he would have looked as if he had been made of all Germans. He was not an aristocrat, not an entrepreneur, not an intellectual or anything, he was like an ordinary German on the street, a German who had some kind of thinking and understanding of the future development of Germany.

In his report, John stressed the importance of understanding this connection between Hitler and ordinary Germans. It is very wrong to distinguish between the two when considering the question of morality. Hitler was not a dictator in the usual sense, but a representative of an extreme trend of thought in Germany. And this current of thought is spreading like a plague and will eventually push the country to war.

John believes that in the face of this current of thought, the United States has only two options: either surrender to them or defeat them, and the possibility of wanting to live in peace with them is slim to none.

If Hitler was the half-crazy, half-comical war maniac the media portrayed, it would have been easy to win the war. Because directing a war requires brains, willpower, strategic foresight, and wrists.

But unfortunately, Hitler was a very capable man, and he already took control of the country, even in the field of ideas. Even if there were sympathy among the Nazi elites, this did not affect Hitler's control of the country.

All along, the Nazis made no secret of the differences of opinion within their leadership. On the surface, Hitler was the representative of the radical forces, while the second-in-command, Goering, represented the more moderate faction.

While Hitler continued to speak harshly to the outside world, many foreign-related affairs, such as private communications with Britain and France, and commercial negotiations with the United States, were handled by Goering.

But John thinks it's just an illusion, made for outsiders. When Germany did not have the strength to do so, the Nazis deliberately wanted to make the outside world think that there were two voices within them. Through Goering, they unleashed the possibility of détente in order to reap more benefits and buy time for the eventual offensive policy.

Don't look at Goering's appearance like a deformed man in the circus, disgustingly fat, but he prefers to dress up. But John was well aware that he was a shrewd realist who had benefited greatly from the current Nazi policies, far more than anyone else.

And Goering also had his own little abacus. He knew that although the Nazis were going well, there was always a time when good fortune would run out. If Hitler's offensive policy had gone wrong, he would have had the opportunity to go one step further as a man who had always sung the praises of peace, shedding tears for the fallen Führer and gladly replacing him.

In addition to his sensual feelings for the Nazi hierarchy, John also highlighted the Nazis' anti-Jewish policies in the report. He argues that the current Nazi policy toward Jews was aimed at much more than restricting their economic activity.

John told Roosevelt that he felt the Nazis were consciously expelling Jews from the lives of the rest of the German population. These Jews were being driven out of their neighborhoods, factories, and schools, and the Nazis were artificially tearing Jews apart from ordinary Germans' daily contacts.

Victor had told John that most of the Jews in Berlin were now living in only a few ghettos. They are no longer accepted in more and more public places, and they try to avoid public activities outside of their enclaves. Victor had been in Berlin for almost a month and had not even met Jews a few times.

In the report, John "speculated" that the Nazis had done this in preparation for an even more brutal "persecution" of the Jews. Because if people have less contact with Jews in their daily lives, the easier it is to listen to the government's denigration of Jews, and the less resistant they will be to the anti-anxiety policy.

After all, for ordinary residents, if a persecuted Jew is a neighbor or classmate you know, then no one will inevitably feel compassion. But if it's someone who can't get along with you and never appears in your daily life, most people won't react much.

It took a lot of effort for John to put together this "off-topic" inspection report. He didn't know what the White House would think of the report, because it was a far cry from what Roosevelt had wanted to know.

He was even hesitant to send the report, unsure of how the apparent political leanings it displayed would affect him.

To send or not to send, this is the first time that John has made independent decisions on political issues.

After a day of hesitation, the night before they left Berlin for Copenhagen, John finally made the decision to have Davis deliver the report to the embassy's diplomatic courier.