The German Lesson

Siggi Jepsen, the protagonist, is embroiled in the conflict between the totalitarian Nazi government and a creative artist. As a young boy he watched his father, constable of the northernmost police station in Germany, doggedly carry out orders from Berlin to stop a well-known Expressionist from painting and to seize all his 'degenerate' work.

Siggi Jepsen, protagonistul, este implicat in conflictul dintre guvernul totalitar nazist si un artist creativ. In copilarie, l-a urmarit pe tatal sau, agent de politie la cea mai nordica sectie de politie din Germania, cum executa cu incapatanare ordinele de la Berlin de a-l impiedica pe un cunoscut expresionist sa picteze si de a-i confisca toate lucrarile ,,degenerate".