The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19
Liberal Viewpoint
by DIR. HARRY ELNfER BARNEs-

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THE recent ovations to Hitler in Nuremberg
l. in Germany makes all the more timely well
informed surveys of Germany under the rule of
the Na1. Mr.. Shusters book is certainly one of
the very best which has yet been published.
("Strong Man Rules" BY George N. Shuster.
Appleton Century. So Indeed, it is so far the
best enc have read and have missed few, If
any. of them.
Hitler accurately is presented as the inevi-
table outgrowth of the Jolly of the Allies in the
Treaty of Versailles and Of the decline of the
capitalistic system. He is represented neither
the savior Of mankind nor the devil Of the
modern age. There is no apology for the saw
agery of the Nazi, but the facts are presented
With surprising fairness Even Mr. Shusters
Catholic sympathies do not distort his interpre-
tation to any notable degree.
One will agree particularly with his sensible
appraisal of both Italian and German Fascism
as the feeble liquidation of an era"-the age of
reasonable observation that the age Of laisseZ
faire liberalism must be supplanted by compre-
hensive social planning or else We will end in
chaos and the ruin of civilization.
Most surveys of the rise Of the policies of
Hitler have been lessened in value because they
have concentrated on some one particular phase
of NaZi policy-anti-Se mitism, revisionsn, mill
tarism, and the like
Mr. Henris volume is particularly valuable in
that it tries to analyze all the factors lying be-
hind Hitler andAhis party, well presenting
the character and ambitions of the ma or per-
sonalites of Naz Germany. ("Hitler Over
Europe" by Ernest Henri. Simon & Schuster
$3.50.
Perhaps the most novel feature is the en-
phasis laid upon the part played by Herr Thyson
and the great Ruhr industrialists in backing up
Hitler as a buffer against German radicalism.
In preface written since the Nazi nnasSacres at
the beginning of July, he charges that Hitler
killed Roehm and purged the Storm Troops at
the command of Thysen, who feared that Roehm
might lead a revolt of the German underdogs
against the vested interests of German indus
trialsm.
Next to this the most interesting section of
the volume deals with the Nazi war plans and
their prospects of success.
The anti-JewiSh crusade and their dramatic
episodes since the coming of Hitler to power
have obscured the permanently important issue
of the relation between Germany and Poland
including the Corridor question.
MOST of the literature written on the Ger
1V1 man-Polish question has been marred by
strong overtone of propaganda. DR.. Brachmann
has edited volume by specialists treating all
aspects of the situation, including an ample &C
count of the historical background. ("Germany
and Poland in Their Historical Relations.
Edited by Albert Brakeman. r. luxembourg
Six marks) 1t is probably the best book on the
subject in the English language and as fair
minded as any work by German scholars could
possibly be.
The persecution of the Jews by Hitler has
had the inevitable result of stirring the Jews to
more enthusiastic study of their past cultural
heritage. One of the products has been the
Jewish Library" The present volume, the third
in the series, surveys at length the role of the
woman in Judaism from biblical times to the
present day. ("The Jewish Library Third
Series" Edited by Rabbi Leo Jung The Jewish
Library Publishing Co.; $3.50 1t is not only
valuable contribution to the history of Jewish
civilization, but also to the literature of the
woman problem.
Professor Goldschmidts little booklet on the
Jewish problem throughout history runs to only
some forty-four pages, but it contains more
relevant common sense and cogent information
than many long volume on the subject
c'Whither Israeli" BY Alfons Goldschmidt
Is cents0 1t will be hard to find better work
on this theme written from the Jewish point of
view