Chapter 153 Hitler's New Deal Part 3

Under the night sky of spring, Natalie Lesinskaya walked elegantly on the spacious, imposing, clean, but somewhat depressed streets of Berlin. She was dressed very fashionably, like a leisurely lady.

But if you get closer, you will easily find that there is always a hint of sadness between the beautiful eyebrows of this lady. Natalie was not sad for the German Bolsheviks who were likely to be suppressed by the fascists - she knew that those people were not in much danger of life, at least far less dangerous than the Polish Bolsheviks and Trotskyists in the Soviet Union.

People like Natalie Lesinskaya, who has been engaged in trade and intelligence work abroad for a long time (the staff of the Soviet Foreign Trade Company abroad are all considered half intelligence agents), are almost half Cheka. She certainly knows how terrible places like Lubyanka Square (Cheka headquarters) and Solovetsky Monastery (famous labor camp) are.

Although she never asked about the disappeared Poles - there were many Poles in her circle of life, but most of them seemed to have disappeared into thin air - she knew where they went. For a long time, especially after she was exiled, she always carried a suitcase with a few clean clothes and toiletries in it... These were the supplies she needed for prison. She had no relatives in the Soviet Union, her parents had long passed away, and she only had a brother who was a local landlord in Poland. Therefore, she could only prepare some necessities for prison by herself.

Because she estimated that her "crime" was not enough to be shot, in fact, not many people were sentenced to "highest security measures" (shooting or deportation) in the Soviet Union. Most of the arrested "reactionaries" would be sent to labor camps throughout the Soviet Union - labor camps were everywhere, and there were more and more of them, engaged in various productions, and were becoming an indispensable part of the Soviet economy!

In an era when the entire Soviet Union was suffering from hunger, it was really difficult to survive in a labor camp. Therefore, she also knew that she could not survive in a place like Solovki with a suitcase of "prepared items". She thought that the only thing she could use there was probably her beauty and body...

A revolutionary who was ready to sacrifice everything for the liberation of all mankind actually planned to sell her body to the guards of the labor camp to save her life for a long time! Thinking of these things, Natalie Lesinskaya's eyes were full of tears, and she couldn't help crying on the road.

"Natalie, what's wrong with you?" In the secret office of the Third International in Berlin, the Secretary of the Western European Bureau of the Third International, the Bulgarian Communist Dimitrov, saw Lesinskaya with red eyes, so he asked with concern.

"Oh, I miss my Soviet motherland." Natalie took out a silk handkerchief and wiped her tears.

"Really?" Dimitrov is less than 50 years old this year. He looks very graceful and energetic. He is a veteran revolutionary. As early as 1902, he joined the Bulgarian Social Democratic Labor Party and was one of the earliest Bolsheviks in Bulgaria and the entire Balkans.

In addition, he was also a "Greater Balkanist". As early as July 1915, he led and organized a Balkan Social Democratic Party. He hoped to form a Balkan Union country after the victory of the revolution.

"Have you met Comrade Thalmann?" Dimitrov did not care about Natalie's mood anymore, but asked about her work - Natalie is now working as a liaison, and the contact with the German Bolshevik Party is her responsibility.

Dimitrov himself has a very typical Balkan face, which is very different from the Germans, so it is not convenient for him to meet with German Congressman Thalmann frequently.

Natalie is a blonde beauty. Although she is Polish, her ancestors were once members of the Holy Roman Academy of Nobles. They have intermarried with German nobles for generations, so she looks very German. And her German is very good, so there is no problem pretending to be a German.

If she meets with the big shots of the German Bolsheviks, even if she is targeted by spies, it will be a piece of gossip at most.

"They plan to work with the Social Democrats to expose the Nazi-Junker group's conspiracy to over-issue paper money, and then mobilize the masses to hold a general strike, forcing the parliament to pass a no-confidence motion and overthrow the Nazi-Fatherland People's Party coalition government."

This is the way parliamentary democracy works - the opposition party makes trouble for the ruling party, exposes information and hinders it, and then destroys the ruling party so that they can replace it.

However, the German Bolshevik Party is not a well-behaved parliamentary party, and the Nazi Party and the Junker Officers Corps are not honest parliamentary political players - if they want to make trouble, they will not occupy the rostrum and prevent people from speaking.

"Thalmann and his men think it's too easy. The Nazis and Junkers will not be willing to fail." Dimitrov shook his head, "But there is no better way now. In Germany, the reactionary forces have always had an absolute advantage. And..."

As soon as he said this, he was interrupted by one of his assistants, a Bulgarian Bolshevik named Tanev.

"Comrade Dimitrov, please look out the window. There is a fire in the direction of the Reichstag. The Reichstag seems to be on fire?"

"The Reichstag is on fire?" Natalie Lesinskaya turned her head and looked eastward. There were indeed flames in the direction of the Reichstag. "How is it possible? How could a place like that burn?"

Dimitrov shook his head, "Maybe it's a conspiracy!"

"Comrade Dimitrov, should we move?" Natalie Lesinskaya asked.

"No, no need... We don't need to hide, but Thälmann and the others had better hide!"

...

When the Reichstag was on fire, Ernst Thälmann, leader of the German Bolshevik Party, was in the home of Hermann Mueller, leader of the German Social Democratic Party, discussing cooperation with the other party.

The contradiction between the German Social Democratic Party and the Bolshevik Party has a long history. Therefore, these two parties holding high the banner of socialism are basically political enemies and rarely take concerted actions - even if they do, it is not cooperation, but they just happen to have the same views on certain issues. For example, they opposed the "General Cabinet" for expanding the army without authorization.

However, after the establishment of the Nazi Party-Fatherland People's Party coalition government, the concerted action relationship between the Social Democratic Party and the Bolshevik Party disappeared again.

"Ernst, they are saving Germany, and have achieved some success. If we take radical means of struggle now, then Germany is finished."

Hermann Mueller himself has been a prime minister and has rich experience in governing. He knows that the Nazi Party's economic line can be successful. He also knows what consequences will be caused by destroying the credibility of the mark again-such consequences will definitely be beyond the control of the Social Democratic Party. In the end, only a completely planned economy similar to the Soviet Union can be adopted to save Germany.

In this way, the only party in power can be the Bolshevik Party!

"Mr. Mueller," Ernst Thälmann seemed a little anxious and shouted, "Their approach may temporarily save the German economy, but it is creating a greater disaster... The demand created by printing money is not real demand! It is a new world war! The current economic surplus is caused by the defects of the capitalist system and is the inevitable result of surplus value exploitation! The only way out is to implement a Soviet-style socialist system!"

"That's a solution!" Hermann Mueller glared at Thälmann, "We all know that there is no surplus in the Soviet Union!"

This is almost a satire on the Soviet Union-the current Soviet Union is experiencing a second revolution. Although the Soviet government tried its best to block the news, the German upper class was still very clear about what was happening in the Soviet Union. After all, trade between the Soviet Union and Germany was too frequent, and tens of thousands of German engineers and technicians were now stationed in the Soviet Union.

"The Soviet Union was just too hasty," said Thälmann. "There is no need for us in Germany to do that, because we have long been the world's second largest industrial country. For 70 million German people, industry is enough... The problem now is how to distribute products fairly, rather than using printed money to import production into the military industry. Mr. Mueller, you know that the Nazi-Junker Group is going to fight a world war, right?"

"No, I don't think so." Hermann Mueller said, "The lessons of the last world war are profound enough. At least in our generation, there will be no world war in Europe again. However, Germany cannot be bullied, and the Ruhr crisis cannot and should not happen again."

Mueller was in the cabinet during the Ruhr crisis and knew what it felt like to be bullied by the French and Belgians. In fact, the Social Democratic Party's government was driven out by the atrocities of France and Belgium.

"So Germany must have the ability to defend itself. I am actually fully in favor of expanding the army to 800,000 or 1 million." He gritted his teeth and said, "Without this army, Germany will have no dignity!"

Thalmann knew that he had no way to convince the Social Democrats. He sighed and was about to leave when he suddenly saw a faint fire in the sky outside the window.

"Mr. Mueller, it seems that there is a fire somewhere?"

Thalmann and Mueller walked to the balcony together. The fire was in the northwest of the apartment where Mueller lived.

"There... it is in the direction of the Reichstag and the Presidential Palace!"

"What?" Thaelmann said to himself, "That kind of place actually caught fire. It's really careless!"

"Accidentally?" Hermann Mueller glanced at Thaelmann and shook his head slightly, "Ernst, things may not be that simple... I think you should leave quickly and find a place to hide."

"Hide?" Thaelmann was stunned, "Why? Why should I hide? I'm a member of Congress!"