The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-01
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hundreds Of others who had helped to
put him into power, because he found
that he could not otherwise control
them. 1t is shown again in his intol-
cradle cruelty to those in Austria who
objected to his invasion. 1t is shown
in the spy system, which leaves no
German one atom of free speech, and
subjected to torture those who made
the simplest criticism.
Opponents Are Tortured Mentally
A second evidence of this savagery
is the inhuman persecution which in
wolves the humiliation as we'll as the
physical and mental torture of all who
opposed Hitler. Many of the physical
humiliations inflicted on opponents are
too foul to be told over the radio.
Religious persecution has not been
known on a large scale in Europe
west of Russia since the end of the
Thirty Years War in 1648. The one
exception to this rule was the persecu-
tion of the Huguenots of Louis XIV
of France, and even that is going on
two centuries old. But the Nazis make
persecution for religious faith one Of
the basic features of their so-called
creed. The tortures they have inf1ict-
ed upon the Jews have never been
matched in Western Europe since the
days of Columbus.
Property Rights Abolished
At the core Of an orderly civiliza-
ton there has always stood the right
of personal liberty.
There is no personal property within
the reach of the Nazis that is safe for
an hour Their minister of economics
Walther Funk, boasts that in the last
few days S00,O00,0O0 dollars of the
property of the Jews of Germany has
been confscated. An additional 40O,-
100000 dollars fine on selected list
of wealthy Jews has been imposed, not
for any crime committed in Germany
but for a shooting of Nazi Official
in Paris. And notice is served, almost
every day, that the Nazis in Germany
if criticized too sharply in any other
country, will taks, it ~ on some one
in their power.
Nazi Cruelty is Outrageous
Americans are serving notice on the
Nazi regime, of their resentment, not
only Of the outrageous cruelty of the
spectacle which is inflicted upon the
consciousness of a decent civilization
They also resent any implications thai
they can be restricted in their expires
sion of contempt for the men and thu
movement which is today dominating
Germany and part of Western Europe
but which cannot dominate America
Every American should become ;
part of some movement directed to
ward the relief or the salvation of tn
victims of the Nazi savagery.
All Religious Faiths Endangered
, Let US remember that the NaZi re
! gime aims not only at the Jews, wh'
: are today the victims of savagery
,, Tomorrow it may embrace the Cath
, olcs and the following day th'
Protestants. Not only are all religious
E faiths n constant danger but thei
churches and wealth as we'll are with
i, in easy reach of the Nazi grasp.
Nazi-ism aims at all who do no
conform to the demands and whim
of the oppressors. Clearly, the Naz
policy is one Of complete annihilatiol
of all who will not bow in subsection
Every hour of every day letters
kilograms and telephone calls ar
coming to me, expressing unity agains
this terror.
And | declare, as'I have declared
4 before, we must help today's victim
!. and we must build a moral ring aroun'
Germany until hdeous and murderou
4 dictatorship gives way to complete
A restoration of freedom, civilization AM
= decency.