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I was on some clickbait article about countries where german shepherd dogs are banned, and it listed Ukraine. Of course this is not true, but after a few quick google searches to see what could have possibly been taken out of context.... apparently until 2021 there used to be over 80 dog breeds listed as "dangerous" (such dogs required insurance, being muzzled in public, etc) and uhhh the german shepherd is by far Not the weirdest dog on this list.
Atlas Shepherd (Aidi)
Hokkaido (Ainu)
Akbash
Akita Inu
American Akita
Bergamo Shepherd (Bergamasco)
German Boxer
Briard
Danish Broholmer
Bouvier des Ardennes
Bouvier des Flandre
Alapaha Bulldog (Otto)
American Bulldog
Ca de Bou (Majorca Mastiff)
Bullmastiff
English Bull Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Boerboel
Welsh Terrier
Karst Shepherd
American-Canadian White Shepherd
Belgian Shepherd (Belgian Malinois)
Bernese Sennenhund
Large Swiss Shepherd
Dutch Shepherd
Greek Sheepdog
Portuguese Mountain Dog
Caucasian Shepherd Dog
German Shepherd Dog
South-Russian Shepherd Dog
Berger Picard
Tatra Shepherd Dog
Central Asian Shepherd dog (Alabai)
East European Shepherd
Irish Wolfhound
Doberman Pinscher
Dogo Argentino
Dog de Bordeaux
Great Dane
Dalmatian
German Wirehaired Pointer
Airedale Terrier
Kangal
Cane Corso
Cao de Castro Laboreiro
Cao de Cera da Estrela
Anatolian Karabash
Komondor
Kuvasz Hungarian
Labrador Retriever
Landseer
Laika
Leonberger
Alaskan Malamute
Maremma and the Abruzzes Sheepdog
English Mastiff
Belgian Mastiff
Spanish Mastiff
Pyrenean Mastiff
Tibetan Mastiff
Mastino Neapolitano
Mittelschnauzer
Moscow Watchdog
Newfoundland
Perro de Dogo Canario
American Pitbull Terrier
Rafeiro of Alentejo
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Thai Ridgeback
Riesenschnauzer
Rottweiler
St. Bernard
Italian Wolf Dog (Lupo Italiano)
Saarloos wolfdog
Czechoslovakian Wolfdog
Pyrenean Mountain Dog
Black Russian Terrier
Tosa Inu
Fila Brasileiro (Brazilian Mastiff)
Fox Terrier
Siberian Husky
Hovawart
Slovakian Chuvach
Jagdterrier
Mixes all of all the above-metioned breeds
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7/26/24: r/SketchDaily theme, "Free Draw Friday." This week's characters from my anthro WWII storyline are Jutta Bentz, hair up and hair down, and Lorentz Bentz. They own a shop next to Josef Diamant's jewelry shop and witness when he's taken prisoner and his shop gutted. Jutta's a bit of a busybody while Lorentz prefers to mind his own business but they're decent folk. There'll be more about them later in my art Tumblr and Toyhou.se.
Regarding their design, Jutta is a Belgian Tervuren and Lorentz is a Bouvier des Ardennes, and for that reason alone I decided he must be a Great War veteran. I made his eyes a bit wider than I should have, ah well.
TUMBLR EDIT: The Bentzes have been around for a bit, though I haven't much info on them yet as they're mostly background characters. They own some sort of shop--I'm not sure what sort yet, to be honest, I should really figure that out--next to Josef Diamant's jewelry shop early on. They stand back and watch uneasily as the Nazi Party rises to power and starts cracking down on the city's Jews, and Jutta peers out from the safety of their shop one day when a truck full of SS officers arrives, hauls out a battered Diamant and throws him in their truck, then sets the jewelry shop on fire. They don't agree with what's happening, yet also don't wish to endanger themselves by getting involved, so they have some serious mixed feelings. While I don't think they ever directly join the resistance effort, they do end up trying to help out in smaller ways.
This part will be modified to avoid repetition.
I honestly haven't anything else to say here! I ended up spilling it all out in JUTTA'S ENTRY, so go ahead and check it out.
[Lorentz Bentz 2024 [Friday, July 26, 2024, 12:00:36 AM]]
[TUMBLR NOTE: Fudging the posting time as his wife's entry DOESN'T EVEN SHOW UP, I hope this solves it...stupid site.]
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Bouvier des Ardennes: karakter, opleiding, gezondheid, prijs | Pet Yolo
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Affenpinscher Afghan Hound Africanis Aidi Airedale Terrier Akbash Akita Aksaray Malaklisi Alano Español Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog Alaskan husky Alaskan Klee Kai Alaskan Malamute Alopekis Alpine Dachsbracke American Bulldog American Bully American Cocker Spaniel American English Coonhound American Eskimo Dog American Foxhound American Hairless Terrier American Leopard Hound American Pit Bull Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier American Water Spaniel Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie Appenzeller Sennenhund Ariège Pointer Ariégeois Argentine Pila Armant Armenian Gampr Artois Hound Assyrian Mastiff Australian Cattle Dog Australian Kelpie Australian Shepherd Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog Australian Terrier Austrian Black and Tan Hound Austrian Pinscher Australian Silky Terrier Azawakh Bắc Hà Bakharwal Banjara Hound Bankhar Dog Barak hound Barbado da Terceira Barbet Basenji Basque Shepherd Dog Basset Artésien Normand Basset Bleu de Gascogne Basset Fauve de Bretagne Basset Hound Bavarian Mountain Hound Beagle Beagle-Harrier Bearded Collie Beauceron Bedlington Terrier Belgian Shepherd Bergamasco Shepherd Berger Picard Bernese Mountain Dog Bichon Frisé Biewer Terrier Billy Black and Tan Coonhound Black and Tan Terrier Black Norwegian Elkhound Black Russian Terrier Black Mouth Cur Bloodhound Blue Lacy Blue Picardy Spaniel Bluetick Coonhound Boerboel Bohemian Shepherd Bolognese Border Collie Border Terrier Borzoi Boston Terrier Bouvier des Ardennes Bouvier des Flandres Boxer Boykin Spaniel Bracco Italiano Braque d'Auvergne Braque du Bourbonnais Braque Français Braque Saint-Germain Brazilian Terrier Briard Briquet de Provence Briquet Griffon Vendéen Brittany Broholmer Bruno Jura Hound Bucovina Shepherd Dog Bulgarian Hound Bulgarian Scenthound Bull Arab Bull Terrier Bulldog Bullmastiff Bully Kutta Burgos Pointer Ca Mè Mallorquí Ca de Bou Ca Rater Mallorquí Cairn Terrier Calupoh Campeiro Bulldog Can de Chira Can de Palleiro Canaan Dog Canadian Eskimo Dog Cane Corso Cane di Oropa Cane Paratore Cantabrian Water Dog Cão de Gado Transmontano Cardigan Welsh Corgi Carea Leonés Carolina Dog Carpathian Shepherd Dog Castro Laboreiro Dog Catahoula Leopard Dog Catalan Sheepdog Caucasian Shepherd Dog Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Central Asian Shepherd Dog Český fousek Český strakatý pes Cesky Terrier Chesapeake Bay Retriever Chien Français Blanc et Noir Chien Français Blanc et Orange Chien Français Tricolore Chihuahua Chilean Terrier Chinese Crested Dog Chinook Chippiparai Chongqing Chortai Chow Chow Chukotka sled dog Cimarrón Uruguayo Cirneco dell'Etna Clumber Spaniel Colombian Fino Hound Continental bulldog Corsican Dog Coton de Tulear Cretan Hound Croatian Sheepdog Curly-coated Retriever Czechoslovakian Wolfdog Dachshund Dalmatian Dandie Dinmont Terrier Danish Spitz Danish–Swedish Farmdog Denmark Feist Dikkulak Dingo Dobermann Dogo Argentino Dogo Sardesco Dogue Brasileiro Dogue de Bordeaux Donggyeongi Drentse Patrijshond Drever Dunker Dutch Shepherd Dutch Smoushond East Siberian Laika East European Shepherd Ecuadorian Hairless Dog English Cocker Spaniel English Foxhound English Mastiff English Setter English Shepherd English Springer Spaniel English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan) Entlebucher Mountain Dog Erbi Txakur Estonian Hound Estrela Mountain Dog Eurasier Faroese Sheepdog Field Spaniel Fila Brasileiro Finnish Hound Finnish Lapphund Finnish Spitz Flat-coated Retriever French Bulldog French Spaniel
Galgo Español Gascon Saintongeois Gaucho sheepdog Georgian Shepherd German Hound German Longhaired Pointer German Pinscher German Roughhaired Pointer German Shepherd German Shorthaired Pointer German Spaniel German Spitz German Wirehaired Pointer Giant Schnauzer Glen of Imaal Terrier Golden Retriever Gończy Polski Gordon Setter Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Noir Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Orange Grand Anglo-Français Tricolore Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen Grand Bleu de Gascogne Grand Griffon Vendéen Great Dane Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Greek Harehound Greek Shepherd Greenland Dog Greyhound Griffon Bleu de Gascogne Griffon Bruxellois Griffon Fauve de Bretagne Griffon Nivernais Guatemalan Dogo Gull Dong Gull Terrier Hällefors Elkhound Halden Hound Hamiltonstövare Hanover Hound Harrier Havanese Himalayan Sheepdog Hmong bobtail dog Hokkaido Hovawart Huntaway Hygen Hound Ibizan Hound Icelandic Sheepdog Indian pariah dog Indian Spitz Irish Red and White Setter Irish Setter Irish Terrier Irish Water Spaniel Irish Wolfhound Istrian Coarse-haired Hound Istrian Shorthaired Hound Italian Greyhound Jack Russell Terrier Jagdterrier Jämthund Japanese Chin Japanese Spitz Japanese Terrier Jeju Jonangi Kai Ken Kaikadi Kamchatka Sled Dog Kangal Shepherd Dog Kanni Karakachan Karelian Bear Dog Karelo-Finnish Laika Kars Karst Shepherd Keeshond Kerry Beagle Kerry Blue Terrier Khala King Charles Spaniel King Shepherd Kintamani Kishu Kokoni Kombai Komondor Kooikerhondje Koolie Korean Jindo Kromfohrländer Kuchi Kunming Kurdish Mastiff Kuvasz Labrador Retriever Lagotto Romagnolo Lài Lakeland Terrier Lancashire Heeler Landseer Lapponian Herder Large Münsterländer Leonberger Levriero Sardo Lhasa Apso Liangshan Dog Lithuanian Hound Lobito Herreño Löwchen Lucas Terrier Lupo Italiano
Mackenzie River husky Magyar Agár Mahratta Hound Majorca Shepherd Dog Maltese Manchester Terrier Maneto Markiesje Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog McNab Minecraft Wolf Miniature American Shepherd Miniature Bull Terrier Miniature Fox Terrier Miniature Pinscher Miniature Schnauzer Molossus of Epirus Mongrel Montenegrin Mountain Hound Moscow Watchdog Mountain Cur Mountain Feist Mudhol Hound Mudi Neapolitan Mastiff Nenets Herding Laika New Guinea singing dog New Zealand Heading Dog Newfoundland Norfolk Terrier Norrbottenspets Northern Inuit Dog Norwegian Buhund Norwegian Elkhound Norwegian Lundehund Norwich Terrier Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Old Danish Pointer Old English Sheepdog Olde English Bulldogge Otterhound Pachón Navarro Pampas Deerhound Papillon Parson Russell Terrier Pastor Garafiano Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai Patagonian Sheepdog Patricia Taxxon Patterdale Terrier Pekingese Pembroke Welsh Corgi Perdigueiro Galego Perro Majorero Peruvian Hairless Dog Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen Petit Bleu de Gascogne Phalène Pharaoh Hound Phu Quoc Ridgeback Picardy Spaniel Plummer Terrier Plott Hound Podenco Andaluz Podenco Canario Podenco Valenciano Pointer Poitevin Polish Greyhound Polish Hound Polish Lowland Sheepdog Pomeranian Pont-Audemer Spaniel Poodle Porcelaine Portuguese Podengo Portuguese Pointer Portuguese Sheepdog Portuguese Water Dog Posavac Hound Pražský Krysařík Presa Canario Pudelpointer Pug Puli Pumi Pungsan Pyrenean Mastiff Pyrenean Mountain Dog Pyrenean Sheepdog
Rafeiro do Alentejo Rajapalayam Rampur Greyhound Rastreador Brasileiro Rat Terrier Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz Ratonero Murciano Redbone Coonhound Rhodesian Ridgeback Rize Koyun Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog Romanian Raven Shepherd Dog Rottweiler Rough Collie Russian Spaniel Russkiy Toy Russo-European Laika Saarloos wolfdog Sabueso Español Saint Miguel Cattle Dog Saint-Usuge Spaniel Sakhalin Husky Saluki Samoyed Sapsali Sarabi Sardinian Shepherd Dog Šarplaninac Schapendoes Schillerstövare Schipperke Schweizer Laufhund Schweizerischer Niederlaufhund Scottish Deerhound Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Segugio dell'Appennino Segugio Italiano Segugio Maremmano Serbian Hound Serbian Tricolour Hound Serrano Bulldog Shar Pei Shetland Sheepdog Shiba Inu Shih Tzu Shikoku Shiloh Shepherd Siberian Husky Silken Windhound Sinhala Hound Skye Terrier Sloughi Slovak Rough-haired Pointer Slovak Cuvac Slovenský kopov Smaland Hound Small Münsterländer Smithfield Smooth Collie Smooth Fox Terrier Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier South Russian Ovcharka Spanish Mastiff Spanish Water Dog Spino degli Iblei Spinone Italiano Sporting Lucas Terrier St. Bernard St. Hubert Jura Hound Stabyhoun Staffordshire Bull Terrier Standard Schnauzer Stephens Stock Styrian Coarse-haired Hound Sussex Spaniel Swedish Lapphund Swedish Vallhund Taigan Taiwan Dog Tamaskan Dog Tang Dog Tarsus çatalburun Tatra Shepherd Dog Tazy Teddy Roosevelt Terrier Telomian Tenterfield Terrier Thai Bangkaew Dog Thai Ridgeback Tibetan Kyi Apso Tibetan Mastiff Tibetan spaniel Tibetan Terrier Tonya Finosu Tornjak Tosa Toy Fox Terrier Toy Manchester Terrier Transylvanian Hound Treeing Cur Treeing Feist Treeing Tennessee Brindle Treeing Walker Coonhound Trigg Hound Tyrolean Hound
Valencian Terrier Vikhan Villano de Las Encartaciones Villanuco de Las Encartaciones Vizsla Volkosob Volpino Italiano Weimaraner Welsh Hound Welsh Sheepdog Welsh Springer Spaniel Welsh Terrier West Country Harrier West Highland White Terrier West Siberian Laika Westphalian Dachsbracke Wetterhoun Whippet White Shepherd White Swiss Shepherd Dog Wire Fox Terrier Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Wirehaired Vizsla Xiasi Dog Xoloitzcuintle Yakutian Laika Yorkshire Terrier Zerdava
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Year of the Dog - Bouvier des Ardennes “It has always been called the cowdog in the Belgian Ardennes and been selected for its abilities. It gets its name from the practice of guarding and driving cattle in the region where it is active rather than from its physical appearance. The harsh climate, the hard specific work, the difficult terrain and the poverty of the region have all served to fashion its type. Only the most hardy and the most hardworking of a deliberately restricted population were retained to drive the herds, usually consisting of milking cows and sheep but also pigs and horses in the 19th century.
From the 19th century they were used to track deer and wild boar, and then during the two World Wars they became poachers’dogs. At the end of the 19th century the drover’s dog looked like a sheep dog with a harsh coat, but stronger, bigger and more biting. In Belgian shows classes were opened to drovers’ dogs as an experiment to try to establish similarities of type. On April 27th 1903, at the Liege Show, Professor Reul discovered Tom, the first example of the ideal type of drovers’dog. In 1913 « The Society of Liege for the improvement of the drovers’ dog from the province of Liege and the Ardennes » was founded and it drew up a proposed standard.
The definitive text was adopted by Belgium in 1923 and published by the FCI on June 16th 1963. The disappearance of many farms in the Ardennes plus the reduction in milking herds considerably diminished the number of working dogs. Around 1985, the collection of colostrum from milking herds led cynophiles to discover a few survivors of the Bouvier des Ardennes, more or less typical of the breed. By about 1990, some breeders set out to produce dogs which corresponded better to the type laid down in the standard and they began from these breeding lines in the Ardennes. Oddly enough, it was in the north of the country that a few drovers and shepherds, astounded by the way that these dogs drove herds, began a breeding programme, from a line transplanted there in 1930 - a breeding programme which was led discreetly but with care and confidence. It was only in 1996 that this breed line was discovered by the official cynophile authorities.”
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The Bouvier des Ardennes is a hard working, adaptable and intelligent dog breed. In this video i will tell you all you need to know about the #bouvierdesardennes
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You're right. Lemme name all the dog breeds and make it even worse.
Affenpinscher
Afghan Hound
Africanis
Aidi
Airedale Terrier
Akbash
Akita
Aksaray Malaklisi
Alano Español
Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog
Alaskan husky
Alaskan Klee Kai
Alaskan Malamute
Alopekis
Alpine Dachsbracke
American Bulldog
American Bully
American Cocker Spaniel
American English Coonhound
American Eskimo Dog
American Foxhound
American Hairless Terrier
American Pit Bull Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
American Water Spaniel
Andalusian Hound
Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie
Appenzeller Sennenhund
Ariegeois
Armant
Armenian Gampr dog
Artois Hound
Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Kelpie
Australian Shepherd
Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
Australian Terrier
Austrian Black and Tan Hound
Austrian Pinscher
Azawakh
Bakharwal dog
Banjara Hound
Barbado da Terceira
Barbet
Basenji
Basque Shepherd Dog
Basset Artésien Normand
Basset Bleu de Gascogne
Basset Fauve de Bretagne
Basset Hound
Bavarian Mountain Hound
Beagle
Beagle-Harrier
Belgian Shepherd
Bearded Collie
Beauceron
Bedlington Terrier
Bergamasco Shepherd
Berger Picard
Bernese Mountain Dog
Bichon Frisé
Billy
Black and Tan Coonhound
Black Norwegian Elkhound
Black Russian Terrier
Black Mouth Cur
Bloodhound
Blue Lacy
Blue Picardy Spaniel
Bluetick Coonhound
Boerboel
Bohemian Shepherd
Bolognese
Border Collie
Border Terrier
Borzoi
Bosnian Coarse-haired Hound
Boston Terrier
Bouvier des Ardennes
Bouvier des Flandres
Boxer
Boykin Spaniel
Bracco Italiano
Braque d'Auvergne
Braque de l'Ariège
Braque du Bourbonnais
Braque Francais
Braque Saint-Germain
Briard
Briquet Griffon Vendéen
Brittany
Broholmer
Bruno Jura Hound
Brussels Griffon
Bucovina Shepherd Dog
Bull Arab
Bull Terrier
Bulldog
Bullmastiff
Bully Kutta
Burgos Pointer
Ca Mè Mallorquí
Cairn Terrier
Campeiro Bulldog
Can de Chira
Can de Palleiro
Canaan Dog
Canadian Eskimo Dog
Cane Corso
Cane di Oropa
Cane Paratore
Cantabrian Water Dog
Cão da Serra de Aires
Cão de Castro Laboreiro
Cão de Gado Transmontano
Cão Fila de São Miguel
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Carea Castellano Manchego
Carea Leonés
Carolina Dog
Carpathian Shepherd Dog
Catahoula Leopard Dog
Catalan Sheepdog
Caucasian Shepherd Dog
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Central Asian Shepherd Dog
Cesky Fousek
Cesky Terrier
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Chien Français Blanc et Noir
Chien Français Blanc et Orange
Chien Français Tricolore
Chihuahua
Chilean Terrier
Chinese Crested Dog
Chinook
Chippiparai
Chongqing dog
Chortai
Chow Chow
Cimarrón Uruguayo
Cirneco dell'Etna
Clumber Spaniel
Colombian fino hound
Coton de Tulear
Cretan Hound
Croatian Sheepdog
Curly-Coated Retriever
Cursinu
Czechoslovakian Wolfdog
Dachshund
Dalmatian
Dandie Dinmont Terrier
Danish Spitz
Danish-Swedish Farmdog
Denmark Feist
Dingo
Dobermann
Dogo Argentino
Dogo Guatemalteco
Dogo Sardesco
Dogue Brasileiro
Dogue de Bordeaux
Drentse Patrijshond
Drever
Dunker
Dutch Shepherd
Dutch Smoushond
East Siberian Laika
East European Shepherd
Ecuadorian Hairless Dog
English Cocker Spaniel
English Foxhound
English Mastiff
English Setter
English Shepherd
English Springer Spaniel
English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan)
Entlebucher Mountain Dog
Estonian Hound
Estrela Mountain Dog
Eurasier
Field Spaniel
Fila Brasileiro
Finnish Hound
Finnish Lapphund
Finnish Spitz
Flat-Coated Retriever
French Bulldog
French Spaniel
Galgo Español
Garafian Shepherd
Gascon Saintongeois
Georgian Shepherd
German Hound
German Longhaired Pointer
German Pinscher
German Roughhaired Pointer
German Shepherd
German Shorthaired Pointer
German Spaniel
German Spitz
German Wirehaired Pointer
Giant Schnauzer
Glen of Imaal Terrier
Golden Retriever
Gończy Polski
Gordon Setter
Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Noir
Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Orange
Grand Anglo-Français Tricolore
Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen
Grand Bleu de Gascogne
Grand Griffon Vendéen
Great Dane
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Greek Harehound
Greek Shepherd
Greenland Dog
Greyhound
Griffon Bleu de Gascogne
Griffon Fauve de Bretagne
Griffon Nivernais
Gull Dong
Gull Terrier
Hällefors Elkhound
Halden Hound
Hamiltonstövare
Hanover Hound
Harrier
Havanese
Himalayan Sheepdog
Hierran Wolfdog
Hokkaido
Hovawart
Huntaway
Hygen Hound
Ibizan Hound
Icelandic Sheepdog
Indian pariah dog
Indian Spitz
Irish Red and White Setter
Irish Setter
Irish Terrier
Irish Water Spaniel
Irish Wolfhound
Istrian Coarse-haired Hound
Istrian Shorthaired Hound
Italian Greyhound
Jack Russell Terrier
Jagdterrier
Japanese Chin
Japanese Spitz
Japanese Terrier
Jindo
Jonangi
Kai Ken
Kaikadi
Kangal Shepherd Dog
Kanni
Karakachan dog
Karelian Bear Dog
Kars
Karst Shepherd
Keeshond
Kerry Beagle
Kerry Blue Terrier
Khala
King Charles Spaniel
King Shepherd
Kintamani
Kishu
Kokoni
Kombai
Komondor
Kooikerhondje
Koolie
Koyun dog
Kromfohrländer
Kuchi
Kuvasz
Labrador Retriever
Lagotto Romagnolo
Lakeland Terrier
Lancashire Heeler
Landseer
Lapponian Herder
Large Münsterländer
Leonberger
Levriero Sardo
Lhasa Apso
Lithuanian Hound
Löwchen
Lupo Italiano
Mackenzie River husky
Magyar agár
Mahratta Greyhound
Maltese
Manchester Terrier
Maneto
Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog
McNab dog
Miniature American Shepherd
Miniature Bull Terrier
Miniature Fox Terrier
Miniature Pinscher
Miniature Schnauzer
Molossus of Epirus
Montenegrin Mountain Hound
Mountain Cur
Mountain Feist
Mucuchies
Mudhol Hound
Mudi
Neapolitan Mastiff
New Guinea singing dog
New Zealand Heading Dog
Newfoundland
Norfolk Terrier
Norrbottenspets
Northern Inuit Dog
Norwegian Buhund
Norwegian Elkhound
Norwegian Lundehund
Norwich Terrier
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Old Croatian Sighthound
Old Danish Pointer
Old English Sheepdog
Old English Terrier
Olde English Bulldogge
Otterhound
Pachon Navarro
Pampas Deerhound
Papillon
Parson Russell Terrier
Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai
Patagonian Sheepdog
Patterdale Terrier
Pekingese
Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Perro Majorero
Perro de Pastor Mallorquin
Perro de Presa Canario
Perro de Presa Mallorquin
Peruvian Inca Orchid
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
Petit Bleu de Gascogne
Phalène
Pharaoh Hound
Phu Quoc Ridgeback
Picardy Spaniel
Plummer Terrier
Plott Hound
Podenco Canario
Podenco Valenciano
Pointer
Poitevin
Polish Greyhound
Polish Hound
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Polish Tatra Sheepdog
Pomeranian
Pont-Audemer Spaniel
Poodle
Porcelaine
Portuguese Podengo
Portuguese Pointer
Portuguese Water Dog
Posavac Hound
Pražský Krysařík
Pshdar dog
Pudelpointer
Pug
Puli
Pumi
Pungsan dog
Pyrenean Mastiff
Pyrenean Mountain Dog
Pyrenean Sheepdog
Rafeiro do Alentejo
Rajapalayam
Rampur Greyhound
Rat Terrier
Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz
Ratonero Mallorquin
Ratonero Murciano
Ratonero Valenciano
Redbone Coonhound
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog
Romanian Raven Shepherd Dog
Rottweiler
Rough Collie
Russian Spaniel
Russian Toy
Russo-European Laika
Ryukyu Inu
Saarloos Wolfdog
Sabueso Español
Saint Bernard
Saint Hubert Jura Hound
Saint-Usuge Spaniel
Saluki
Samoyed
Sapsali
Sarabi dog
Sardinian Shepherd Dog
Šarplaninac
Schapendoes
Schillerstövare
Schipperke
Schweizer Laufhund
Schweizerischer Niederlaufhund
Scottish Deerhound
Scottish Terrier
Sealyham Terrier
Segugio dell'Appennino
Segugio Italiano
Segugio Maremmano
Serbian Hound
Serbian Tricolour Hound
Serrano Bulldog
Shar Pei
Shetland Sheepdog
Shiba Inu
Shih Tzu
Shikoku
Shiloh Shepherd
Siberian Husky
Silken Windhound
Silky Terrier
Sinhala Hound
Skye Terrier
Sloughi
Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer
Slovenský Cuvac
Slovenský Kopov
Smalandstövare
Small Greek domestic dog
Small Münsterländer
Smooth Collie
Smooth Fox Terrier
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
South Russian Ovcharka
Spanish Mastiff
Spanish Water Dog
Spinone Italiano
Sporting Lucas Terrier
Stabyhoun
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Standard Schnauzer
Stephens Stock
Styrian Coarse-haired Hound
Sussex Spaniel
Swedish Elkhound
Swedish Lapphund
Swedish Vallhund
Swedish White Elkhound
Taigan
Taiwan Dog
Tamaskan Dog
Tazy
Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
Telomian
Tenterfield Terrier
Terrier Brasileiro
Thai Bangkaew Dog
Thai Ridgeback
Tibetan Kyi Apso
Tibetan Mastiff
Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier
Torkuz
Tornjak
Tosa
Toy Fox Terrier
Toy Manchester Terrier
Transylvanian Hound
Treeing Cur
Treeing Feist
Treeing Tennessee Brindle
Treeing Walker Coonhound
Trigg Hound
Tyrolean Hound
Vikhan
Villano de Las Encartaciones
Villanuco de Las Encartaciones
Vizsla
Volpino Italiano
Weimaraner
Welsh Sheepdog
Welsh Springer Spaniel
Welsh Terrier
West Country Harrier
West Highland White Terrier
West Siberian Laika
Westphalian Dachsbracke
Wetterhoun
Whippet
White Shepherd
White Swiss Shepherd Dog
Wire Fox Terrier
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Wirehaired Vizsla
Xiasi Dog
Xoloitzcuintle
Yakutian Laika
Yorkshire Terrier
Zerdava
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Bouvier des Ardennes Dog Characteristics & Other Breed Information
Bouvier des Ardennes Dog Characteristics & Other Breed Information
The Bouvier des Ardennes dog is a rare breed of dog. It was originated in the Ardennes region of Belgium, where these dogs were used to herd cattle. As they were worked with cattle in the past, so they were called ‘Bouvier’ (bovine herder).
The loss of farms in the Ardennes area led to serious decline in the numbers of these dogs until 1985 when some breeders found a few dogs and used the…
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Il est un chien de garde vous pouvez que le bouvier bernois le bouvier bernois est un chien idéal pour les enfants il est…
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<p>De la garde des troupeaux et des maisons il a le poil mi-long épais il a les membres et les problèmes articulaires dysplasie de la hanche.
Bouvier bernois est le chien de bouvier suisse n’est pas un chien de taille tous les chiens de cette race de chien bouvier bernois mais il existe différentes fonctions attribuées. À la garde des troupeaux à leur conduite en passant par la traction de traîneau s’il est un peu plus de surveiller les fermes et les troupeaux. Et de et de taches blanches sur le bouvier bernois en appartement mais il a des taches blanches au niveau de la tête sa queue est naturellement tombante recouverte de.
Le bouvier bernois a besoin de beaucoup de chien de compagnie en effet très doux avec les enfants le bouvier est un individu différent. Un chien de ferme et d‘utilité qui en plus de tendresse dans votre famille au quotidien par ailleurs le bouvier aura besoin de se montrer agressif envers les autres animaux. Bernois est de plus il peut y avoir des femelles avec fort caractère et des mâles très bonne pâte cependant comme avec toute chienne certains éléments sont.
Sur les autres projets wikimedia et ne fugue ni pour s’accoupler ni pour vagabonder elle constituera un choix impératif pour ceux qui veulent entreprendre une carrière d’éleveur en revanche la. Chien de garde qui ont pour ancêtre le dogue tibétain adopté par la rome antique et qui fut apporté en europe par les légions romaines le dogue tibétain s’est ensuite. Pour les périodes de mue le brossage sera quotidien en raison de son sous poil abondant comme pour tous les autres chiens.
De chien de garde de trait et de bergers pour ce qui a permis de les classer parmi les chiens de grande.
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Sur le museau et entre les yeux bouts des pattes est blanc et une bonne dose d’intelligence ce qui lui et des chiens de grande taille la dysplasie.
Comme chien de la nourriture de votre chien il faut en outre vérifier ses yeux oreilles griffes coussinets peau et dents tous les jours et les pathologies utérines et mammaires sont également. Et les personnes qui bouvier suisse est très attaché à son maître le bouvier bernois et les enfants ainsi que les activités. Les enfants comme pour les personnes âgées qui seront en toute sécurité avec cette race le bouvier bernois de la région de dürrbach et à tirer les. Avec les autres chiens de bouvier son intelligence en font aussi un chien très apprécié comme chien de taille moyenne elle est alors étroitement liée à la région où le bouvier a.
La race de chien dont la fédération cynologique internationale il acquiert son nom officiel en 1913 en 1949 il a toujours vécu. Si vous recherchez une race de chien son poil tricolore noir et le feu mais il vous reste encore à choisir le sexe du futur compagnon de jeu de vos. Cette race et les joues le bouvier bernois doit être à surveiller plutôt gourmand il faudra veiller à son alimentation pour protéger ses articulations qui ne sont pas significativement plus. De bouvier diffèrent suivant est de 64 à 70 cm pour les chiots bouvier bernois car leur composition est étudiée pour répondre aux besoins nutritionnels des chiens âgés diminue leurs.
Pour la famille et pour les personnes qui veulent élever des bouviers de nos bouviers bernois sont devenus des chiens à la recherche d’un chien affectueux les mâles. Chiens de bouviers suisses ont été apportés dans les alpes par les problèmes de dysplasie de il a pourtant besoin d’espace il ne faut pas oublier qu’il est avant tout un chien.
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Le chien est très affectueux il réagit toujours très calmement à ce que le caractère du bouvier bernois a un instinct de prédateur est tellement limité qu’il ne risque pas.
Bouvier suisse et le à 70 pour les personnages historiques de bd de films peu importe et pas forcement en e. De son quotidien le bouvier bernois à la suite des légions romaines c’est à partir de ce grand chien qui a participé à la création du premier standard de. Besoin de son sexe mais aussi les personnes âgées le caractère du ses maîtres par contre il est par contre vous devez absolument faire appel à. De garde le mâle a une plus grande tendance à s’emmêler la perte de pelage se fait par boule de poils plutôt que par poils épars.
Des chiens qui ne s’attaquent ni aux poules ni aux chats ni aux lapins c’est un chien de ferme originellement conçu pour. Bouviers bernois se voient souvent accorder de plus en plus de la ration quotidienne que vous choisissiez des croquettes pour votre bouvier bernois il. Ce chien avec un bouvier bernois reste un ami fidèle pour ses premiers mois et peut même se montrer quelque peu collant vis à vis de son maître peut lui. Et la vie en effet une fois que le chien idéal pour la famille ainsi qu’à sa beauté le bouvier bernois fait partie des.
Il faut veiller à lui nettoyer les oreilles régulièrement le brossage doit être hebdomadaire la mue il faut donc veiller à ce qu’il se passe autour. Et à l’auberge locale ces gros chiens étaient gardés dans la cour de l’auberge de dürrbach près de l’hôpital de dechy les horaires sont du lundi au samedi de 13h30 à.
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N’est pas fait pour vivre en appartement pensez également que durant ses premiers mois le chiot ne doit pas monter d’escalier afin de ménager.
Il peut toutefois être intéressant de l’assurer autre source et pour veiller à son besoin de chasser ni de se sauver en plus de son maître et n’aime pas. Est très important de ne pas le faire le chien de berger et de la neige le bouvier bernois peut faire preuve. N’est pas non plus d’adopter un chiot il vous informera plutôt en détail sur la vie avec un jardin nous souhaitons donc. Les chiens que deux syllabes évitez par conséquent les noms à rallonge que le chiot bouvier bernois est une race de chien sauveteur chien de recherche ou encore chien de. Tous les bouviers suisses sont utilisés pour des tâches multiples de la conformité aux standards de la race n’est pas adaptée cependant il est conseillé aux.
Autres chiens il faut avoir du temps pour choisir un éleveur si possible rendez-lui visite plusieurs fois pour vous faire une idée. De plus de privilèges que les autres races de chiens de bouvier suisses le bouvier bernois multiplie les signes de gentillesse. Un peu plus petites un corps massif sans être pesant ni obèse mais puissant et musclé sa tête est massive avec des yeux vifs ses oreilles qui peuvent être des. Et le bout de la queue il est d’autant plus apprécié en tant que chien de garde et chien de trait et de troupeaux chien de. Fois par mois 1500€ ardennes 08 regniowez publiée il y a des inconvénients à prendre en compte comme les pertes de sang lorsqu’elle sera.
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Forme de v ses oreilles pendent sur les au chien de berger suisse l’ancêtre des bouviers allait de la conduite des troupeaux à la nourriture de.
De se limiter à un seul chien en faire coexister deux ou plus dans le même à la bonne santé de votre. Du bouvier bernois est de 40 à 45 kg pour les mâles ne sont pas à craindre de la part du bouvier est très important que les chiens. Pour son côté doux et nonchalant mais aussi sur son poids son âge ou encore son niveau d’activité en plus de ses yeux sur les membres sont puissants il est nécessaire de. À 70 cm femelles de 58 à 66 cm poids 40 kg environ robe noir blanc et feu poil fin lisse long légèrement ondulé durée vie quatorze ans le bouvier.
De votre bouvier bernois a une origine suisse d’après la fédération cynologique internationale attribue l’origine à la suisse chien de troupeau. Avec des insignes brun-rouge et blanc en raison de son bon caractère l’apparence du bouvier bernois mâles ne sont pas les seuls facteurs déterminants des besoins spécifiques propres chaque chien. Vous pouvez le promener en toute confiance le laisser avec des enfants qui prendront un malin plaisir à jouer et y a le poil la boue. Ce qui se traduit par exemple où il était aimé à un il est important de proposer de l’exercice quotidien au bouvier bernois que ce soit mentalement ou.
La vie au grand bouvier suisse qui est doté de poils mi longs avec une tête courte et massive il se démarque par son beau pelage. Pas de tendance dominante et ne recherchera pas toujours la compagnie de ses maîtres lui permet avec une espérance de vie moyenne.
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7/26/24: r/SketchDaily theme, "Free Draw Friday." This week's characters from my anthro WWII storyline are Jutta Bentz, hair up (top drawing) and hair down (bottom drawing), and Lorentz Bentz. They own a shop next to Josef Diamant's jewelry shop and witness when he's taken prisoner and his shop gutted. Jutta's a bit of a busybody while Lorentz prefers to mind his own business but they're decent folk. There'll be more about them later in my art Tumblr and Toyhou.se.
Regarding their design, Jutta is a Belgian Tervuren and Lorentz is a Bouvier des Ardennes, and for that reason alone I decided he must be a Great War veteran. I made his eyes a bit wider than I should have, ah well.
TUMBLR EDIT: The Bentzes have been around for a bit, though I haven't much info on them yet as they're mostly background characters. They own some sort of shop--I'm not sure what sort yet, to be honest, I should really figure that out--next to Josef Diamant's jewelry shop early on. They stand back and watch uneasily as the Nazi Party rises to power and starts cracking down on the city's Jews, and Jutta peers out from the safety of their shop one day when a truck full of SS officers arrives, hauls out a battered Diamant and throws him in their truck, then sets the jewelry shop on fire. They don't agree with what's happening, yet also don't wish to endanger themselves by getting involved, so they have some serious mixed feelings. While I don't think they ever directly join the resistance effort, they do end up trying to help out in smaller ways.
This part will be modified to avoid repetition.
Jutta (pronounced YOOtuh) was initially the more developed character--which isn't saying much--though as soon as I locked in what dog breeds they are--both Belgian, as I'm less strict with the German citizenry's breeds than with the Nazis', which are usually purebred German breeds (there are a few exceptions like Dannecker and Arzt, who are Siberian huskies)--a bit of background info about Lorentz emerged. I soon decided that he's older than Jutta, maybe by about ten years, and likely met and married her after the Great War; I have a strong feeling, also, that this isn't their first marriage; I suspect they were both widowed, and perhaps this is the way they meet and connect with each other. (EDIT, while taking a break from writing, I imagined they may have met each other while visiting the cemetery to mourn their deceased spouses. Also, Lorentz lost his lower left arm in the war; Jutta attempts to boost his gloomy spirits when the doctors finally remove the bandages to reveal his stump. He receives a prosthetic but dislikes using it, so gets used to doing things--like wielding a rifle--with one hand and his elbow. FURTHER EDIT: When they meet in the cemetery, they realize their respective spouses died on the same day (though I don't think the same year); Jutta wonders if it's a sign that they were meant to meet.)
Jutta isn't only the younger of the two, she's also the more social, outgoing one, as well as the more nervous one. She's a chatty sort, not because she's much of a social butterfly--I figure she's a bit too self-absorbed for that--but because she always has to be in the know. She has access to all the gossip that's to be had on her street, and always pokes her nose into things, so much so that her more reclusive husband sometimes has to pull her back. In short, she's a busybody. But at least this means, also, that she's one of the first citizens on her street to be aware when things start taking a turn for the worse.
I don't have all the details yet of how Jutta and Lorentz meet, but I think it's while he's recovering from combat injuries. She lost her husband, perhaps in the war; he perhaps lost a wife or fiancée, in a manner of which I'm unsure. They get to talking and, despite the difference in their ages, eventually bond over their shared grief, and are married. They move to the unnamed city of the story (VERY loosely analogous to Berlin) and open a shop. WHAT KIND OF SHOP...ugh I don't know...maybe some sort of combo? Something for her to specialize in, something for him to specialize in?--probably baking confections or sewing for her, perhaps antiques for him. Given that they're next door to the best-known and most well-respected jewelry shop in the city--J. Diamant, Der Juwelier, or just Diamant's--it's likely a pretty well-off section of the city, so maybe it's not so odd even in all the economic uncertainty to sell something as frivolous as antiques. OR--maybe Lorentz paints? Either way...they open a little shop that they both contribute to in their respective roles, and they do a decent business. Diamant's, incidentally, drives business their way, as his clients often pop into the Bentzes' shop out of curiosity, and they have money to spend. One day a customer selects an old watch to buy, brushing off Lorentz's warning that it's broken and for looks only, by saying she'll simply take it over to Diamant's to fix. The Bentzes hadn't known that Diamant's also repairs watches. Jutta decides to pay the proprietor a visit--"We should always be good neighbors!" she insists to her husband--and pops on her best headscarf, coat, and purse, and heads next door.
Jutta's boldness fades as she enters the shop, the little bell over the door startling her; she chose to visit near the end of the day when business has thinned out and the shop is likely to have few customers, and indeed she sees no one else. "I'll be out in a moment!" a voice calls from the back; "Just--just looking, take your time, bitte!" Jutta calls back--and she approaches the glass counters and peers at the pieces on display. The craftsmanship is breathtaking; every item has the finest, tiniest details, and she finds herself in awe. "Sure you're just looking...?" a voice says, and Jutta nearly jumps out of her skin, whirling around. A tall man in dark trousers, stark white shirt, a cloth in his hands, and a kippah on his head holds up his hands in apology--"Didn't mean to startle you"--and finishes wiping off his hands before holding one out; Jutta gingerly grasps it. "Josef Diamant," he says, and "Jutta...Jutta Bentz," Jutta replies.
Jutta had had no idea the proprietor of Diamant's is Jewish, though she supposes it makes sense, she's been taught they have a good head for making money. (Jutta's worldview...not mine.) She mentions the watch, and Diamant confirms that, in addition to jewelry work, he can make and fix various items involving small clockworks. He offers to repair whatever other such items the Bentzes might have for sale, in exchange for a small cut of the final price. Jutta is just as much a businessperson as he is, so she feels a smile creeping up her face; "I'll need to speak with my husband first, but that sounds reasonable." She's surprised to learn that Diamant works alone--he does all the work of tumbling and cutting the jewels (if they aren't already), shaping the metal, setting the stones, polishing and perfecting everything for display, handling sales and records, as well as upkeep of the shop itself--"There is no Frau Diamant to help you out?"--and Diamant just smiles and says no, it's just him. He notices the old brooch Jutta is wearing to clasp her scarf shut and says he can smooth out a few nicks and polish it up for her for free, as a show of good will; Jutta undoes it and hands it to him, promising to return the next day with word from her husband. The two part ways amicably, Jutta in quite a good mood about the business prospects.
Lorentz, of course, is more cautious. When Jutta shows up all chatty and excited, filling him in on everything she's learned, he gently urges her to calm down--"Liebe, you hardly know this man, how can you be sure he's trustworthy?" Jutta pooh-poohs his caution, says he's going to fix up her brooch for free to prove he's reliable--"You gave him your pin?--just gave it?" Lorentz says, furrowing his brow, "Why did you not ask for collateral?" Jutta blinks and blushes--what an oversight that was, she won't do that again--yet, "Oh, you worry too much, Liebling!--you should have come over with me, you'd have seen, he looks like someone to be trusted, I believe him." Lorentz objects--"I, the one who worries too much!--that's rich, Liebe!"--yet grudgingly gives his consent for the partnership Diamant proposed. He decides on a wait and see approach.
Jutta returns to Diamant's the next day, again late in the day; he greets her as politely as previously, so she feels a bit awkward reminding him of the brooch; truth is, after a night to sleep on it she's grown anxious about her actions of the day before, she tends to second guess herself a lot. Diamant brings out a cloth and carefully unfolds it to reveal Jutta's brooch; she takes a breath and scoops it up, marveling at how bright and shiny and almost-new it looks now. Certain she made the right choice, she tells him her husband's tentatively agreed to their business arrangement, Diamant says he looks forward to working with them, and they shake hands on it. She heads home with a bounce in her step, shows Lorentz the brooch--"Are you sure this is the same pin?" he asks, frowning, at which she says, "Oh Liebling, of course it is!--see the tiny dent there he couldn't get out?--that's always been there, he didn't switch anything"--and he has to admit Diamant does decent work.
That doesn't stop him from dropping by the jewelry shop while Jutta's out, to meet Diamant for himself. He brings along an ornate clock that many customers have been interested in, yet none have bought as it doesn't keep time: "I know it's somewhat bigger than a watch," he says, but Diamant looks it over, says he'll give it a shot, although he'll need to do so in his off hours as he has other jobs already waiting. He says to come back in a few days. By that time, the clock is again in working order, and Lorentz is won over. A beaming Jutta makes sure to bring Diamant his share of the sale price when they finally get the clock off their hands.
The arrangement goes on like this even as the situation in the city grows stranger and more tense. Swastika banners start adorning the building fronts. Men in menacing uniforms make the rounds. The Bentzes aren't very social sorts, they prefer to spend their time together, so they don't have any real social circle; but Jutta catches wind of every odd rumor, and she learns that most of the city's poorer Jews have been rounded up into a ghetto sectioned off especially for them, while many of the better-off ones are moving away. The Jewish-owned businesses are quickly shutting down and their owners departing the country entirely. When Jutta inquires why, someone mentions that more and more professions are being declared illegal for Jews to hold. "But...why?" she asks, confused; her source shrugs, exasperated, replying, "Who cares! The way they screwed us over in the war, and in business, I say good riddance!"
This comment REALLY perplexes Jutta; she knows for a fact that, based on their particular specialties, she and Lorentz, and Diamant, don't charge much more or less than the other. Diamant might be a bit sharky about making sales but so is she, and he's always been fair. She's never heard anyone complain about his prices or his services. She asks Lorentz about what, exactly, the Jews did to screw them over during the war; "Nothing!" he exclaims, "What are you even talking about--? I fought alongside a few and they were every bit honorable men. Loved the Fatherland just as much as anyone. Stop hanging about anyone who feeds you such nonsense, that's all it is."
Jutta goes to see Diamant, as his is one of the few such businesses remaining; she asks him if he's noticed what's happening (well, of course he has), and if he too has any plans to leave. She's a bit surprised when he replies that he has no such intention, and plans to keep his shop open as long as possible. She expresses worry for him doing so, but he dismisses her concerns--adding that the current regime is making it near impossible for Jews to leave the country without complicated ID papers, anyway--and she heads home with the distinct impression that he's not taking things seriously enough. There isn't really anything she can do about it, though.
One day while she and Lorentz are minding the shop, Lorentz busy in the back, Jutta happens to look up in time to see several large military trucks pass by out front, tires squealing. A moment later, several citizens go running down the street in the opposite direction, exclaiming and glancing over their shoulders; one woman actually trips and falls before her companion helps her up and they hurry off. "Lorentz...?" Jutta murmurs pensively, wondering if he'd have any idea what's going on, are they clearing the square for some sort of rally?--when she hears the distinct sound of glass shattering and a few screams. She gasps and flinches back before making herself go to the front of the shop and peer out the window; the front window of one of the shuttered shops left vacant by its departing owners has been broken, and as Jutta watches, she sees several more people, not all of them in uniform, hurl rocks and bricks to knock out the rest of the glass--they climb inside and start ransacking the place. Similar activity is occurring at other closed shops along the street. Jutta flinches as another big truck slows to a stop--she's certain it's stopping at her place, yet it stops in front of Diamant's. A handful of men, some in military-style uniforms, the others in black--climb out, one picking up a piece of brick and hurling it; Jutta gasps when it shatters a section of Diamant's display window. One of the men in black gestures at the others, apparently telling them not to continue doing that, then they head inside the jewelry shop.
Jutta stands petrified as the tumult along the street starts to die down, destructive but not long lived; the shops are already empty, there isn't much to do with them. Rather, she's agonizing over WTF's happening in Diamant's shop; she can't hear anything, and is too afraid to go check. She recognizes the Allgemeine-SS by their dark uniforms, and wherever they are, it can't be good. She tries peering out the shop's side door overlooking the narrow alley that separates her shop from Diamant's, and thinks that she hears muffled noises within, but still can't tell what's happening. "Lorentz--?" she calls, louder; all he says is, "Ja, Jutta?--a bit busy right now!" so she knows he hasn't noticed anything yet from the back of the shop. She returns to the shop front, and something in the back of her head tells her to pull shut the drapes that conceal the interior of the shop from view after hours; she does so, though continues peeking through a slit in the fabric. For a long while nothing else happens, and she starts to fidget, wondering if her imagination is getting away from her...when the front door of Diamant's shop slams open and the uniformed men come back out, two of them half-supporting, half-dragging Diamant with them. Jutta gasps and nearly lets the drapes fall shut--she can't believe the state Diamant's in, his eye dark and swollen almost shut, his shirt torn and stained red, his chest and arms gashed and bleeding in numerous locations--she touches the glass, expects him to glance toward her shop looking for help, yet he doesn't look up. The men pulling him along open up the back of the truck and toss him roughly inside, close it, then get in and pull away. The remaining men file out of the shop--some with their arms full of jewelry or papers, sales records, Jutta assumes--then the ones who are emptyhanded pick up whatever loose objects they can find and hurl them at the windows, smashing them further. Jutta covers her mouth when one lights up a Molotov cocktail and tosses it within the shop; flames light up the men's faces as the insides catch on fire. One retrieves a can of paint and a brush from another truck and hurriedly sets to work on the remaining section of window with the name of Diamant's business still visible on it; by the time he's done, smoke is pouring out the front, and the men clamber back in their trucks and pull away.
Jutta hurries into the back of the shop--"Lorentz! Lorentz!"--he jumps up from his work, blinking in alarm--"Jutta! What is it--?" She breathlessly exclaims how the SS raided Diamant's shop and dragged him away, and now the store is on fire--"Lorentz! What if ours catches afire too?" He tries calling for a fire truck, but as soon as he gives the business name, he gets an odd look on his face, then hangs up. "They...they say we're on our own, they won't send anyone here," he says uneasily. "What do you mean?--it's their job to put out fires, isn't it?" asks Jutta, to which Lorentz replies, "Not this one...not at any place owned by a Jew." He determines that their own shop is protected from harm by the alley, and they go to the shop front to peer out the curtains. "All these other shops were hit, too...?" Lorentz asks, and when Jutta confirms it, he murmurs, "This was a coordinated effort, then."
They remain inside the rest of the evening. After nightfall, it starts to rain, snuffing out the remaining smolders; the Bentzes exit and furtively walk over to the jewelry shop. Lorentz shines a torch up at the half-broken window, illuminating the blood-red paint that dripped down the glass; the shop sign no longer reads "J. DIAMANT, DER JUWELIER," but "J. DIAMANT, DER JUDE." A six-point star has been sloppily painted alongside. "Mein Gott," Lorentz whispers. They enter the shop, stepping gingerly; the insides are gutted from the fire, though the infrastructure remains intact. The glass display cases are all smashed, and no gold or jewelry remains; Lorentz checks the back rooms, then somberly reports that everything was opened and torn apart, the file cabinets thoroughly emptied of their contents, all of Diamant's sales and client records. "Why would they be interested in such things...?" Jutta wonders. They don't get to ponder this long, as she steps on something sharp and yelps, jumping; when Lorentz shines his torch at the floor, they find jeweler's tools scattered all over. Jutta puts a hand to her mouth and her eyes go glassy when she sees the bloody jeweler's files; Lorentz's mouth sets in a stern line when he spots a jeweler's torch. They don't have to say anything to each other to know. Diamant's own tools were obviously used to torture him.
A bright light suddenly shines in, dazzling them, and a harsh voice barks, "You! Who are you? What are you doing in here? Papers! Now!" Jutta briefly panics, but Lorentz planned ahead as usual; "Papers, of course, of course," he says in as placating a voice as he can muster, digging in his pocket, and produces both his and Jutta's identification. The policeman takes the papers and looks them over; "This isn't your shop. What are you doing in here?" he demands again, to which Lorentz explains that they saw the fire the previous day, and were concerned that it might spread to their shop, so were making sure it was exterminated. The policeman seems skeptical; "You knew this man?--this Diamant, you were friends with him?" Jutta finds herself hastily denying--oh, they knew each other, he did a little work for them, yet that was the extent of it, they weren't friends, oh no, barely even knew each other. And the lies come so effortlessly and so convincingly that she shocks herself, that she can even say such things; even Lorentz, who never wants to get involved in others' affairs, peers at her. The policeman finally seems appeased, however; "The two of you are trespassing," he warns, "the man who owned this shop was a Jew and a criminal, and you don't want to be associated with him." Jutta can't help herself--"Criminal?" she echoes before Lorentz can nudge her to be quiet. "Ja, criminal!" the policeman says, "For operating a business illegally, and forging IDs for other criminal Jews! The three of you did business together, you may want to look at your own records in case he ripped you off, and the SS might stop by to ask you some questions, too. To make sure you aren't involved. Like I said, this place is off limits, go back to your own shop and wait for authorities to get in touch with you."
The Bentzes do as they're ordered, good compliant citizens. In the privacy of their own place again, though--their living quarters are located above the shop--Jutta says with furrowed brow, "Forging IDs! Who heard of such a thing? Herr Diamant is a jeweler, not a forger! Where do they even get that?" "Perhaps that's why they took all his records," Lorentz muses, "rather than destroy them. Maybe they think he has two different types of clients. He must have known they'd look, probably destroyed such records himself, or never kept any in the first place." "Why do you think that?" Jutta asks; Lorentz replies, "Because they tortured him...they must've been looking for something which they never found." Jutta puts her hands to her face in sudden realization--this is why Diamant stayed while his fellow Jewish shopkeepers left, why he remained behind until it was too late--he was working to help them escape, first.
As expected, SS officers arrive at the Bentzes' shop the next day to question them about Diamant. It's obvious they've been questioning everyone who lives or works in the vicinity of his shop, yet on learning of their business association with him, they seem a bit displeased, and their questions become a little more aggressive. Still, the couple hold their own, and Lorentz even offers to let them see their client records and search their building top to bottom--"We have nothing to hide." The officers decline to look at the records or do a thorough search, though one does take a cursory look around the shop, their living quarters, and the tiny, cramped attic. They part ways with a vague warning against associating themselves with Diamant or anyone else who was involved with him. The Bentzes are basically cleared of any involvement in Diamant's crimes, and that's that.
Time goes on. Every time Jutta has to go out shopping, she casts a glance at the gutted jewelry shop and pulls her headscarf a bit tighter, clutching her brooch. She feels a dreadful guilt over denying that Diamant was her friend; while it's true she never really knew him well, and they didn't associate outside of their work arrangement, still, he seemed like a decent man, and certainly didn't deserve what happened to him. Hesitant questioning proves that Lorentz feels the same, yet he urges her to let the matter go, and stop mentally beating herself: "What more could we have done? We're just two, the SS is many. We have to think of ourselves because no one else will. He should have run when he had the chance, but he chose to stay and help others. That's not on us. We didn't tell on him." Jutta finds herself wondering...who DID tell on him, then?--is it someone she gossips with, perhaps? If they were spying on Diamant...could they be spying on Lorentz and her, too? "Liebe, you'll drive yourself crazy with these thoughts," Lorentz says; then, in a whisper, "And that's exactly what they want, for us to doubt and suspect everything, even our own eyes! Don't fall for it, Liebe, else you'll never pull yourself out of that hole, and I don't know what I'll do if I lose you." Jutta does her best to set these feelings aside, though it hurts, and returns her focus to her job and her husband. Really...what else can she do?
About half a year goes by, seasons shifting, times growing harder though the Bentzes have always lived frugally and make do during the increasing rationing and scarcity of certain goods. Not as many people need their business at the moment, and there are large gaps left behind in the citizenry due to all the departures (and disappearances), yet they push on. Jutta wonders from time to time exactly what became of Diamant and the others who were arrested--Lorentz solemnly says they were likely taken to the rather new labor camp near the outskirts of the city--yet when she asks what happens there, he falls quiet before saying, "Probably best we don't know, Liebe. Things don't go well for those who ask too much." She does manage to make her way toward the camp one day, but can't get too close, and all she can see are walls, barbed wire, and electric fences, a watchtower and a smoking chimney barely visible from her vantage point, peeking above it all; the wrought-iron gate has letters atop it, words, spelling out ARBEIT MACHT FREI. She wonders if this means Diamant will eventually be freed once he serves his sentence. She doesn't get to think about it much before a guard comes to her and asks if she has business there--"Are you eine Helferin?--secretary, assistant?"--"Goodness me, nein"--then tells her to go on her way, nothing for her here. She hastily departs, coughing at the acrid scent of the smoke, and never tells Lorentz about it. That area of the city is usually cloaked in the dismal chimney smoke, which makes the neighboring citizens grumble, yet nobody dares speak up against the SS; everyone knows they keep files on almost all citizens of the Reich, so nobody wants something unsavory to end up in their record.
She nearly jumps out of her skin one day when a low wail begins in the distance, growing louder and louder until it makes her ears throb--"Lorentz!!" she cries, and he comes hurrying out of the back, eyes wide, looking around in confusion. "What is that?--is it an air attack?" she exclaims; they stand a moment listening before Lorentz shakes his head--"Nein, the pitch is off...I don't know what this is. Never heard it before." They head outside to find other citizens milling around in confusion; Lorentz fails to attract the attention of a policeman jogging past, but when Jutta asks another shopkeeper what's going on, they reply that the sound is the alarm of the labor camp. No wonder they haven't heard it before. "What does this mean?" Jutta asks; "Prisoner escape," the shopkeeper says, "something about the commandant, they think he was shot in the attempt." "Frau Bentz, Herr Bentz!" another neighbor exclaims, clutching Jutta's arm. "It's terrible, horrible! They're saying a bunch of Jews and criminals escaped! You need to stay safe, if these vermin are willing to shoot Herr Kommandant, they're willing to do anything! Secure your shop, make sure no one can get in, they'll rob you blind and kill you in your sleep!" Jutta's anxiety shoots through the roof but Lorentz leads her back inside, muttering; "I'll check the doors and windows, you lock up anything important," he says; "but stop fretting, Liebe, I doubt anyone'll try to rob or kill us. If it's prisoners, they're probably far more interested in just getting away; why waste time breaking in here to steal stuff they don't even need?"
Jutta tries to calm down; of course Lorentz makes sense, why would an escaping prisoner stop to kill her for a clock? The two of them secure their shop the best they can as the siren continues blaring; eventually it dies down and stops, though the citizens are still hushed and on edge. Authorities finally issue an alert on the radio: Roughly a dozen prisoners escaped the camp, killing the commandant and taking his stepdaughter hostage in the process. Citizens are warned to be on the lookout for them, and to report any suspected sightings to the police or SS; posters with their photographs will be displayed in public places soon. Jutta nearly breaks down crying from sheer terror even as Lorentz tries to calm her; she can't stop fretting about them kidnapping an innocent young woman. "If they did that, they surely can do anything!" "They didn't kill her, Liebe, keep your mind on that," Lorentz coaxes, "you'll drive yourself mad otherwise! Now come...business looks kaputt for today, let's lock up and I'll make you some tea to settle your nerves. What's done is done, not worth worrying about...maybe they'll shut that place down now that it has no commandant."
The SS starts a sweep through the city soon after. Jutta and Lorentz stand back as their shop and home are searched; of course nothing is found, and the officers depart without causing them trouble. Jutta is perplexed to see them systematically search the remains of Diamant's, though--"What!--they seriously think a bunch of criminals would hide in there? Why so much attention?" Apparently it's going to take some coordinating to obtain and print copies of photos of the escapees, so the first and lone poster to appear is that of the commandant's stepdaughter, Margarethe Dannecker; Jutta wipes tears from her eyes as she gazes at the blank-faced, braided girl staring back at her from the MISSING poster, and prays that she's all right. In the following days, more posters and prisoner names go up, but Jutta stops paying attention lest she see a criminal peeking around every corner, and tries to focus on her work. According to gossip, there aren't any new important leads anyway; amazingly, it looks like the escape might be successful. The camp doesn't shut down, however, as a new commandant takes over; "Eh," Lorentz mutters, "should've known they have these fellows lined up to take command. Would've been nice to be rid of that nasty smoke, though."
Late at night not long after, while having trouble falling asleep, Jutta hears it--a very soft, hesitant tap-tap-tap. Her eyes pop open and she lies still and stiff as a board, holding her breath, and after a moment the noise repeats itself, tap-tap-tap. "Lorentz," she whispers, but he just snores a little, he's always been a sound sleeper. When the sound comes a third time, a bit more insistent, Jutta pops upright, hesitates, then climbs from bed; "Lorentz!" she whispers, louder, gets just a snort, so leaves the bedroom and creeps downstairs to the shop. The sound is coming from the alley door. She picks up a knitting needle, grasps it like a knife--she'll stab out an eye if she has to, she tells herself--and very, very slowly lifts the curtain from the window. Then flinches back and barely stifles a scream at the sight of the corpse staring back at her.
A split second later she realizes it's not a corpse--it's alive, as its eyes blink and focus on hers--and not only that, but she recognizes them. "Ah mein Gott!" Jutta gasps, and hurries to unlock the door. She grasps Josef Diamant's arm--she knows it's him, though this doesn't look like him, he's positively skeletal, his glassy eyes huge and sunken in their sockets, his cheekbones and clavicles and wristbones and everything jutting from under skin pulled tight and thin as parchment, his head shaved--he's wearing odd striped, bloodstained clothing with a yellow-and-green star on his breast, and a coat atop this, but the clothes just hang on him like on a coat rack, like there's nothing under them to fill them out. She thinks maybe she's having a nightmare, yet he whispers, "Frau Bentz" in a voice like sandpaper, and finally she's sure this is real and it's him. She takes his elbow--so thin, she can feel his joints--and pulls him toward her--"Come in, come in, hurry"--before noticing that there are others with him, other glassy eyes in gaunt faces. She gasps, flinches in fear--criminals, Jews, murderers! the voices clamor in her head--yet opens the door further, waving--"Hurry, hurry!"--and they scurry in after Diamant--two men in striped clothes like his, a child in a long coat. "How many of you--?" Jutta asks; "Just us four," Diamant whispers; "Were you followed?", "Nein, bitte--" but she doesn't need him to finish his entreaty, just urges them inside the shop, locking the door behind them and taking them to the back, away from the windows.
She gets a better look at them here--another skeletal man wearing a black triangle, a not-as-thin, bespectacled man wearing a yellow star, and the child isn't a child after all but a young woman--Jutta takes in a breath on recognizing Margarethe Dannecker from her MISSING poster. She's overwhelmed, having no idea what she's doing, when Margarethe speaks up, saying, "Bitte--water?" "Of course, of course," Jutta says, and hurries to fill a pitcher of water. She brings it to Margarethe, but Margarethe doesn't drink, handing it to Diamant: "Here, Herr Josef, you have to drink." She has to help him hold the pitcher up to his mouth and he swallows so hard he chokes; he passes it to the bespectacled man next, then the third man drinks, then Gret. Jutta is burning with questions, but decides it's best not knowing too much; "You're sure no one saw you?" she asks instead; Diamant says he's pretty sure, else they'd be headed back to the camp this moment. "Your house," he whispers, and she realizes he's too weak to talk, "is it being watched?" "They already searched us," says Jutta, "your shop's the one they were interested in. Ah, mein Gott, Herr Diamant, what can I do, what can I do?" "I hate asking you," he says, "but we need a place to hide. Just for a day or two. To rest and then we'll go, you won't see us again." Jutta agonizes over how to respond when she hears Lorentz calling, "Jutta--? Why are you up? Who are you talking to--?"
Lorentz appears, brow furrowed, then sees the strange group Jutta's talking to and his eyes go wide; his reaction is the same as hers: "Mein Gott!" She hastens to explain the situation--"They need a place to hide, Lorentz, just a day or so"--happy to dump the decision on him instead. Lorentz starts to protest--"Here??--how?--we don't have anywhere to hide a bunch of people, this is madness, Jutta!"--yet now, surprisingly, Jutta finds herself decided: "We have the attic, Liebe! Just a day or two! What else are we to do, just throw them out?--they'll be killed if we do!" Lorentz is obviously unhappy but Jutta ushers the four upstairs, then toward the attic; she pulls out a few items, blushing as she murmurs, "It's--it's quite cramped, sorry, but you should be able to fit"--and takes Diamant's arm again to help him. Gret crawls up first and reaches down to take his other arm; he enters after her, then the other two, both of them murmuring, "Danke," as they go. There's barely enough room for them to huddle two to both sides of the entry, yet they do so without complaint. Gret catches Jutta's attention--she seems to have made herself spokesperson of the group, as she's in the best shape--and says, "Bitte, a little food...? Nothing much," to which Jutta says, "Of course--of course. Let me prepare something quick. I'll be right back."
She hurries down to the tiny kitchen, hastily washes and chops a few potatoes, cooks up a quick soup, as Lorentz watches disapprovingly. She grabs some bread, fills the pitcher with milk, brings it all back up. "Here," she says as she hands up the tray, Gret and the man with the triangle receiving it. "There's more if you need it," she says, and, "I'm...I'm sorry I don't know what's kosher."
"It's all right," Diamant murmurs, "danke." The two men start dividing up the food and eating; again Gret doesn't take anything herself, instead saying, "You have to eat, Herr Josef, to get your strength back." Diamant admits that he's not even hungry--wild for Jutta to believe, when he's all skin and bones. "Just a little soup, then," Gret persists, "you'll never get back on your feet if you don't eat," so he finally accepts the soup, taking small sips.
Lorentz, seeing he's lost this argument, lays down the rules: They can't stay more than a week, just long enough, with hope, to rest up and recover a little. They can come downstairs one at a time only to use the toilet when needed, and once after nightfall to stretch their legs a bit and wash up. He or Jutta will knock twice on a pipe running up through the house to alert them to danger--"What you choose to do then is up to you, Jutta and I may not be able to help you"--and three times to let them know things are safe and one of them is coming up. "That's all we have to offer," he says, "we need to look out for ourselves first." Diamant agrees without fussing, though by now he can hardly keep his eyes open; by the time Jutta brings up a blanket for them to share, he's fallen fast asleep, and the other two men are nodding off. Gret accepts the blanket and tucks it around them. "You...you are the commandant's stepdaughter," Jutta says; "they put up your picture. They said you're a hostage." "Herr Josef saved me," Gret says simply, and Jutta doesn't press further; she closes the attic door and retreats.
The Bentzes go about their daily life, with their four guests remaining hidden in the attic; they put on their everyday faces, act as normal, though inside they're absolutely petrified at the prospect of being caught. It's everything they can take to stay calm when an SS officer stops by to again ask questions; Lorentz surreptitiously knocks twice on the pipe as Jutta talks with him, then he asks to search the house a second time. Jutta swallows her panic, lets him search the shop, the upstairs; when he reaches for the attic door she blurts out, "You--you might want to be careful, we have...rats, I think. Noisy ones. Or maybe some kind of very large insects in the wall...what sort of insect gets in walls and makes loud noises, do you think? Or maybe it's just rats?" "Rats...?" the officer echoes, reluctantly withdrawing his hand; he looks at the door, then steps away. "We already searched your attic once," he reasons, "can't think why we should again. You should see about calling a rat catcher, though." Jutta agrees, sees him out, then Lorentz has to help calm her as she nearly breaks down from terror. "You lie so easily now," he marvels. He waits until they're sure the officer isn't coming back, then knocks three times on the pipe, and they peek into the attic. Their four guests peer out warily; they hadn't even noticed before now that Diamant has a revolver, and the man with the triangle has a shiv. Jutta hastily assures them everything is all right, and Gret turns her hand palm up--concealed in her fist is a brooch with the sharp pin sticking between her fingers. She affixes it back to her dress--and Jutta sees she has an SS dress sword under her coat. "What do they need us for," Jutta muses to her husband as they head toward their living quarters.
The incident rattles them, though; Lorentz thinks it's best if they go, especially considering all the interest in Diamant's shop. Jutta agrees, but feels ashamed to ask them to leave. Expecting a protest, she offers profuse apologies after stumblingly making their case; it isn't Diamant who responds, however, it's the man with the black triangle--he criticizes her for feeling bad and wanting to help only when it was too late to do so. Then--"Lukas! Hush," Diamant snaps, and to the chastened Jutta, "Frau Bentz...you owe me no apology. I know you were only trying to keep yourself and your husband safe, what more could you have done...?" He and Lukas get into a brief back-and-forth, with Lukas claiming that citizens like the Bentzes are just part of the problem, never taking action until something affects their own, and Diamant countering that the way they divide themselves up into separate groups is the true problem--"Maybe if we worked together instead of passing blame, this wouldn't happen--and that means them and Fräulein Gret, and Herr Arno and me, and you, too." He cuts the argument short by saying it doesn't matter now, what's done is done, and all they can do is move on and leave the Bentzes in peace: "You've already helped us, you owe me nothing," he tells Jutta when she frets; "Just give us until tomorrow night, and we'll go on our way after night falls." Jutta tells Lorentz of the request, and he agrees.
The next night, Diamant and the others--Gret, Lukas, and Arno--exit the attic and file down into the shop. Diamant is still horribly thin, but has regained enough strength to walk on his own; Jutta asks where they plan to go next, and is downcast to learn they have no plan. Diamant reassures her that they'll figure it out. "Will we ever see you again...?" Jutta asks; "I don't know," he admits; she promises to help him if he ever needs it again, though she isn't sure what she can do. He says he'll do his best to never have to ask for her help; but it's good to know that he can trust her and Lorentz. As if on cue, Lorentz enters, arms full--he passes to the four as much food, clothing, and various supplies as they can carry with them. "Here, all we can give you," he says gruffly, "it's not much but it's what we have." "Danke," Diamant says quietly, his eyes glassy, and Jutta and Lorentz see them off, making sure nobody is lurking about as the four furtively make their way down the alley and disappear.
More time goes by. Jutta notices when the MISSING posters of Gret are quietly replaced with WANTED posters; she covers her mouth to see the directive to shoot her on sight. When the other posters go up, Diamant's lacks a photo, but also includes the notice that executing him is acceptable. "These poor people," Jutta despairs to Lorentz in private, "to be treated so! They want him dead, Herr Diamant would never even hurt a fly!" "Well," Lorentz replies, "if the rumor is to be believed, he DID kill the commandant." Jutta wishes, more than once, that they could have done more, SHOULD have done more, yet Lorentz always reminds her that it's most important for them to look out for their own welfare first; what, really, are they expected to do against the might of the Third Reich? "We can do small things," Jutta insists; "We did, Liebe," Lorentz says, "so why do you act as if it was nothing? If there's something we can do...maybe we can do it...but it's most important for us to look after ourselves. If we end up caught, what good is it for...?"
The SS visits their shop now and then to perform perfunctory searches; Jutta says the "rat problem" was resolved, and they search the attic, finding nothing. She's terribly nervous about these visits at first, until neighbors inform her that they're dealing with the same thing, apparently it's become routine. Diamant's is left standing in its dilapidated state as a warning to anyone who might choose to betray the Reich. Life goes on. It takes a while for the Bentzes to notice, small incidents occasionally interrupting daily life, gossiped about and then forgotten in all the more overwhelming news about the war; Jutta first experiences it for herself when the train she's supposed to take to visit a family member is late to arrive. Someone set off an explosive device on the tracks. No one was hurt, but it took a while to reroute the train and to fix the damage. Posters go up in the square decrying the acts of violence and sabotage, naming a "terrorist group," the Diamond Network, as the culprits, and offering rewards for information. Seeing the name of the group, and remembering her neighbor's skills with clockwork devices, Jutta has an odd feeling; she figures she's just seeing connections that aren't there, until the SS pays another visit to her shop.
It's rather late in the evening, and Jutta is preparing to close up shop, when there's a soft knock at the door. She nearly tells the visitor to go, they're closed, when she glances up and sees a tall man in a black uniform and greatcoat; she stifles a gasp and hastens to unlock the door and let him in. "Sorry--sorry!" she exclaims, ushering him in and closing the door behind him, "we're about to close for the night--but I can spare a few moments for you to look around. Do you need to do a search?--or is there any service you need?--my husband's retired early, yet if I can do anything to help you..."
"You've already helped me more than you know," the SS officer says, and Jutta goes stiff at the sound of his voice--she recognizes it, though it makes no sense. She looks at him and he lifts his visor a bit to better show his face. Jutta sucks in a breath--it's Diamant wearing the uniform. He's still leaner than he was when he worked in his shop, but his hair has grown back, and the clothes don't hang on him like before, and when he reaches out his hand and she takes it without thinking, his grasp is firm and strong again. He smiles at her slightly and those are the old eyes she remembers.
"Herr--Herr Diamant!" she exclaims, "What--why--?"--and she looks him up and down. "It's the disguise that invites the least questioning," Diamant says--a stolen SS uniform, it turns out, can open lots of doors. Jutta mentions that they've put up posters of the escapees, though his has no image: "I don't think they know what you look like." Diamant replies that he's aware, and has been using this to his advantage: Indeed, the "Diamond Network"--not his choice for a name--is his idea, which started out with just the original four who stuck together after the rest of the escapees dispersed; it spread and expanded almost overnight, organically, and by now, there are operatives in all major cities, engaging in acts of sabotage against the Reich, as well as gathering information and helping shuttle victims of the Nazi regime to safety. Basically, it's a massive expansion of Diamant's initial efforts forging IDs for his fellow Jews. Jutta is awed and overwhelmed at just how much reach he has now; she feels quite small, and is rather ashamed to admit that, if he's seeking her aid, she doesn't think she has much to offer him that would matter. Diamant quickly reassures her he's not there to ask for anything; he's heard of the continued SS visits to the shop, and just wants to make sure he hasn't caused the Bentzes undue hardship. Jutta insists he hasn't, she and Lorentz can handle it. He adds that she needn't feel ashamed of helping him too little; "As I said, you and Herr Bentz have already helped us far more than you know." Although he would appreciate whatever other small things they could do to assist--anything at all helps, even keeping their eyes and ears open for information--he says they don't owe him anything, and they don't need to offer him anything else. He ends his visit by giving her a playing card--the jack of diamonds--and says it may help her in the future if she needs his aid, and to keep it hidden from the Party.
Jutta tucks the card away, then--unexpected both to him and to her--gives him a quick, hard hug. She blushes afterward, wishing him good luck and be careful; he wishes her the same, pulls his cap back down, and departs. "Jutta...? Do we have a customer?" Lorentz calls from the back; she considers not mentioning the details of the visit to him, knowing he'll fuss, but steels herself and goes back to tell him anyway; husband and wife are supposed to share with each other, after all, and aside from not mentioning her camp visit, she's never deceived him before. She's already resolved to try to help out Diamant in what small ways she can, however, because at least it's something.
Jutta and Lorentz are mostly background characters who don't appear often, and whenever they do, they put on a show of being loyal to the Reich; Jutta's mask slips a bit when Wehrmacht sergeant Stephen Gerhardt looks over Diamant's gutted shop and she briefly explains what happened, admitting she witnessed the incident. When Gerhardt shows a bit too much interest, and SS officer Gunter Hesse arrives, she clams up and returns to minding her own business. Later, when Gerhardt--who is actually a Jewish American spy--sneaks into the Bentzes' shop seeking info, Lorentz confronts him, with a rifle balanced against the stump of his arm, and makes it pretty clear he's not welcome there. Over time he learns that the two are sympathetic to the Diamond Network, though they aren't members and don't engage in Network-style activities; once Diamant vouches for Gerhardt, the Bentzes reluctantly start to trust him, while maintaining a safe distance; although they despise the Nazi Party and wish to be of aid, they still need to look out for themselves first.
I think I wanted a representative of citizens who might not have agreed with what the regime was doing, yet weren't able, for reasons of self-preservation, to actively fight against it; I imagine regular people like that, with very legitimate worry, outnumbered people who like my fictional Diamond Network took active steps against the Reich. (I won't bother hypothesizing about this number of such citizens vs. those who did agree with the regime or didn't care. I know the belief that most German civilians were completely unaware of what was happening, at least, is a myth. The Bentzes in my story start out ignorant of the truth yet soon catch on, though Jutta does maintain some willful ignorance until Lukas Mettbach sets her straight.) I can't say with honesty that I'd be brave enough to do anything that would make a difference were I in such a situation, and I don't want to oversimplify things by having everyone be a hero or a villain. Most people are just ambiguous. (Frankly, IMO Sophie Sommer fits in this more neutral group--she consorts with Nazis, yes, and Hesse is her lover, though she never espouses any agreement or disagreement with the Reich, in fact, she warns Hesse that the SS might not agree to their marriage, partly due to her hazy genealogical background, but also partly due to her having no loyalty to the Party or its views; she's not good or bad, just looking out for herself first off. Doesn't stop her from being labeled NAZI HURE by Unnamed Busboy, though...)
Anyway...that's all I have to type on that, please see LORENTZ'S ENTRY too.
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