Chapter 235 The outbreak of World War II(1/3)
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spn1939, August, Berlin, Germany.
The Chinese Embassy on Kufstein Boulevard is definitely one of the best-paid among the embassies of various countries in Germany. As one of the most famous old streets in Berlin, the environment here is elegant and quiet, and the public facilities are in place. The Chinese Embassy in an independent courtyard,
There are three three-story buildings. In addition to the door number of the Chinese Embassy in Germany, there is also the Nazi Party's key security unit sign hanging on the door. Institutions or offices with this sign can be said to have privileges in Germany. At least, hanging
It can completely avoid being harassed by the Gestapo of Fa Tian.
As for the Chinese Embassy, the Gestapo, who were very cruel to Jews, foreigners, and even Germans, all avoided it. It was the will from the top to keep them away from the Chinese.
Even though these Chinese people had some doubts in the intelligence obtained by the Gestapo, it was only after Hitler found out about these doubts that he severely reprimanded them as "foolishly mistaking the normal intelligence collection work of an extremely friendly country as espionage work."
Since then, although Germany's intelligence agencies have occasionally monitored the Chinese embassy in the same way as other countries' embassies, they have done so at a lower level, at least minimizing the intelligence risk level for the Chinese.
As soon as he got up in the morning, He Fengshan dressed up carefully and even tied his bow tie, which was rare. As soon as he came downstairs, he met a staff member of the embassy.[
"Mr. He, you are really getting more and more energetic. I told Mrs. He yesterday that you will look very good in a bow tie." The person who spoke was a female worker from the embassy. The nature of her job is similar to that of maids from embassies in other countries.
The person is somewhat similar, but her status is much higher. She is responsible for taking care of the lives of the staff of the embassy in Germany, and also takes on logistics responsibilities.
"Thank you, Sister-in-law Wang." He Fengshan smiled gentlemanly. His daily habit was to be earlier than others, and as the secretary of the embassy, He Fengshan's wife had to stay a little later, "Sister-in-law Wang, the embassy will open dinner half an hour earlier today.
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"Okay, Mr. He." Mrs. Wang simply tidied up the dining room and then went to tell the kitchen to start dinner in advance.
He Fengshan let out a long sigh, walked to the door on the second floor, and looked at the street in the distance. What he saw was the rustle of the wind. Occasionally, there were one or two German youths chasing one or more people on the empty street in the early morning.
, once caught up, they are often beaten violently.
"Woo..." When the sharp whistle sounded, He Fengshan shook his head slightly, but what he saw was that several German Gestapo rushed to the scene on their iconic motorcycles, knocking several people down to the ground.
The Jews who were not allowed to do so were dragged away.
"Fengshan."
A soft voice sounded, and then a graceful and beautiful woman walked up to He Fengshan, took his hand, and looked at the tragedy on the far side of the wall together.
"Fengshan, there is nothing we can do about this. All countries are rejecting the Jews. This is not your fault. You are a diplomat, but you must be a member of the Baath Party." He Fengshan's wife comforted.
He Fengshan shook his head and said, "Madam, as a diplomat, I know my mission well and will not do anything that goes against orders. But there is good news. I will announce it after dinner."
After the embassy staff had a collective meal in the small restaurant on the second floor, He Fengshan finally officially announced something, "Comrades, this is the latest domestic directive that our embassy has just received. Everyone, please take a look."
The document was quickly passed around to everyone. Most people looked happy after reading it, and He Fengshan's wife even clasped her hands together in a prayer gesture.
"Ambassador, according to this plan, we only need to wait until the working group arrives and then we can start work immediately? How to deal with security issues?" asked the embassy's military attaché, Major Cheng Zifeng of the People's Army.
"The working group will handle all matters, and all we need to do is cooperate with them. What I want to say is that this plan about the Jews is extremely important. It was obtained by the "government" of the Republic at a high price. Just the negotiation alone is
It has been carried out seven times. Although most of the work will be taken care of by the new 'Jewish Affairs Task Force', we still have to maintain a high degree of responsibility."
He Fengshan reminded emphatically that although he and the counselor were the only two people from the embassy who participated in the secret meeting of Sino-German negotiations on the Jews, he still had a deep understanding of the difficulty of the negotiation process.
It was not until the middle of 1939 that the negotiations on the Jews entered a critical breakthrough period. Forced by a certain situation, the Germans finally made concessions and agreed to the Chinese "government" to let the Chinese side implement the document submitted to Hitler for personal review.
The first issue of the project on Jews.
"Once the plan officially starts, we will become very busy. As you can see, the number of places for the first batch of plans is tens of thousands. Although this number is very different from the number of Jews in Germany as a whole, it requires our cooperation.
The regiment carefully screened them and classified them well."
From the bottom of his heart, He Fengshan is sincerely happy that China and Germany can reach this final cooperation plan. Putting aside his status as the ambassador of the Republic of China to Germany, he personally hopes that the Chinese "government" can stand up as a big country.
Do something.
What is right or wrong about the Jews is just a matter of living lives, and it is related to whether they are easily tortured and killed because of their sins.
Berlin's West End, a Jewish ghetto.[
Since the advent of 1939, life for the Jews has become increasingly difficult. More and more Jews have been arrested by the Gestapo and even the Wehrmacht for disrupting national order, threatening national stability, or various other crimes.
After being arrested, the families of these Jews had no chance to see their relatives, and there was no trial or court. Even waving the often unfavorable German marks in front of key department officials had no effect.
The Jews, who are shrewd, cunning, cunning, hard-working, diligent and calculating, are at a loss this time.
The long-term disadvantaged survival has given them a strong sense of changes in the living situation, which tells them that a storm targeting the Jews is about to come after ten years of preparation.
Outside the entire Jewish ghetto, there were plainclothes Gestapo everywhere, and often there was a carload of Nazi Wehrmacht parked secretly, watching and hiding in the dark, like tigers hunting in the jungle, seemingly ready to come out at any time and snatch away one or two Jews.
The Jews on the street were already in a hurry, and everyone had a sad look on their faces instead of being shrewd or cunning as before.
"Malazhov."
At the corner of the street, a Jew suddenly stopped another Jew who was walking with his head down from the opposite side. Unexpectedly, he met his former classmate on this damn morning.
"Unam." Malazov was dressed in a worker's attire and looked dejected. When he saw that the person opposite him was his old college classmate, he couldn't help but show a rare smile.
"Long time no see. Let's go and sit at my house."
Unam and Malazov arrived at their home quickly. It was a small building. Although Jews were generally relatively wealthy, a house like this looked like a house that only wealthy Jews could afford to live in.
"Malazhov, don't you work at the Vagera Heavy Machinery Factory? Why are you wandering on the streets?" Although Unam realized something, he still asked luckily.
"Unam, at this time, you should also be in your watch shop, counting the customers who come in, and use a sharp eye to judge whether they will buy your handmade watch with a profit of 300%." Malazov
With a bitter smile, he took the cup of coffee handed over by Unam's wife and drank it subconsciously.
"The situation is deteriorating."
Unam also raised his head and took a sip of coffee from his cup to hide his worries. "Three hours ago, my watch shop was closed down by the Germans on the grounds that it posed a threat to Germany's economic security. What a ridiculous reason.
Is it because of that damn 300%
Profit? God knows, the core part of my watches are custom-made in China. The latest models, although not handmade watches, are definitely better than Swiss handmade watches. It must be the fault of the German guy across the street, he has been
Jealous that my store took away his business."
"As a worker for a German factory owner, I took a few sips of water without asking during working hours. This is the reason why they fired me. God knows how much I have contributed to this machinery factory, even their production lines.
It was my idea to modify it."
Malazov also shook his head and told his own experience with a wry smile, "Unam, I am as unemployed as you. The difference is that you are still what the Germans consider a 'rich Jew', and I
, but must start running for bread for the children.”
"Don't you ever think about leaving? Although I have a little money, I am not as good as you. You have skills. As long as you leave Germany, go to Palestine, go to the United States, wherever you go, you will be welcomed." Unam asked.
Malazhov: "It's no longer possible. A few years ago, the Chinese were recruiting workers and scholars everywhere. At that time, I thought my life was stable and I had to take care of my family, so I rejected their invitation. But now, they have also temporarily closed applications.
aisle."
Talking about what happened a few years ago, Malazhov couldn't help but regret. At that time, as an outstanding mechanical engineer at the Vagra Heavy Machinery Factory, he was invited by the "Chinese headhunter". He had a good job and good remuneration.
Travel to China.
"Yes, China should be a good place. I heard that people like Einstein and Oppenheimer are in China." Unam waved his hand and said.
"Einstein? Oppenheimer?" Malazov shook his head. He knew these two people, but compared with them, he was nothing. "Unam, compared to these two people, we are even bedbugs."
Not as good. Now it seems that even they are willing to go to China, which is at least better than in damn Germany."
“#¥%……”
"What's the sound outside?"[
While the two were talking, there was a loud noise outside, which seemed to be a Jew shouting something. At this critical period, any noise would touch the nerves of these Jews, because it does not represent good news, it must
It's bad news.
When Unam and the two came to the balcony, they saw a Jewish young man riding a bicycle and shouting loudly.
"The Chinese embassy accepts pre-registration. The Chinese embassy accepts visa pre-registration."
The news was like a bomb dropped into the Jewish ghetto. The panic-stricken German Jews finally grasped a straw like a dog in water. Everyone rushed home and rummaged through boxes and cabinets.
He showed his identity card and rushed out the door.
No one even doubts the accuracy of the news. This has happened several times before. Occasionally, a few Jews who arrived early got visas at the embassy of a certain country, but those who arrived late had no chance.
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"Malazhov, let's go, take my car, I'll take you home to get the certificate, and we'll go together." Although he was a shrewd Jewish businessman, Unam still valued friendship and took his wife without saying a word.
After being handed over the identity certificates of the family of four, Malazov took Malazov and went out.
However, when they arrived in front of the Chinese Embassy, they found that the situation was beyond their imagination. The entire street where the Chinese Embassy was located was already filled with a queue of people more than two kilometers long. They didn’t know where to start.
Suddenly so many Jews came out that the car couldn't get in, so Unam and the two had to get out of the car and hurried to get in line.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way"
At this time, more than twenty Wehrmacht trucks drove up the street, and hundreds of fully armed Wehrmacht officers and soldiers jumped out of them. Without saying a word, they picked up their rifles and fired at the Jews who crowded into the street.
Smash it.
"Everyone get out of the way." The German Wehrmacht finally cleared the street, and then saw a car driven by a senior officer of the Wehrmacht, guided by two German-made cars, drive to the door of the Chinese Embassy.
"Hi, Hitler." Major Amo of the German Wehrmacht stepped out of the car and saluted He Fengshan, who was standing at the door of the embassy, preparing to speak with a loudspeaker. "Dear Mr. He Fengshan, I am Major Amo, and I have been ordered to come here.
Maintain order."
"Hello, Major Amo, thank you very much for coming. This is of great help to us." He Fengshan shook hands with the other party. Although from a personal perspective, he did not agree with some of the extreme practices of the Nazis, but as a
To be continued...