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The GDR imprisoned and in one case hospitalized art collectors to steal their art. As I always say, socialism fosters greed.

The German Democratic Republic forged antisemitic letters to defame the German Federal Republic. So much for "antifascism". So much also for false flags not being real.

Great twist in the middle. Powering through the sometimes annoying flashbacks was worth it.

"“France is having surprisingly little trouble with the economy. The French really hate to pay taxes, though, so their cabinets are always falling.”
“But the franc’s gone through the floor.”
“That’s if you believe what you read in the papers. Over there, the papers’ll tell you Japan has nothing but earthquakes and floods.”"

"His own works were unlikely to appeal to people who were not like him and had not lived a life like his—this was another feeling that worked upon him.”"
He was dead wrong, because I am nothing like him.

Just as I expected, I don't like his autobiographical works nearly as much as his fiction.