The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-22

The answer is 100000 spent
annually on organization and prop
uganda abroad. The immensely of
this sum is the secret. Nazi Ger
many is not government - not
even q "folkdom" of the sort Nazi
orators talk about Nazi Germany
is a conspiracy. Its scope is uni
versal and it's aim world dominion
It's primary agents are as many OF
the millions of Germans in Ger
many, and abroad, as can be induced
or compelled to serve the German
F,atherland
It's activities being with attempted
PROSECUTING of Germans abroad, go
on to the murder and kidnapping
of real or fancied enemies, and end
in armed insurrection against the
foreign country Hitler wishes to con-
quer or absorb. Such instructions
of Germans actually occurred in
Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Hol-
land. But for the firm attitude OF
the United States such an insurrec-
ton would, many students believe,
have occurred in Brazil.
Double Nationality
That the Germans abroad are
usually "naturalized" into some
thing else is no hindrance. Pre-
war imperial Germany sanctioned
the double nationality status
Germans could, that is, become
French or American or Portuguese
without losing their German ma
tionality. The Weimar republic
did not alter this strange conception
and NaI Germany has made it the
center of it's Trojan Horse" tao
tics of placing Germans within the
enemy walls. It is safe to say that
a very fair proportion Of the nom
refugee, Germans who have become
American since Hitler came to pow
er did so with the secret intention
Of turning free and democratic
America into "their" that is,
Hitler's-America.
Children of Germans naturalized
half a century ago are still count
ed German by Berlin and every eff
fort Is made to convince them Of
the fact. Naturally, the Nazis ac-
cept traitors as allies wherever they
can find them, and welcome the
assistance of -Nordics. But peo-
pies racialy akin to Germans
Scandinavians, Dutch, Flemings,
German-speaking Swiss. even Anglo
Saxons-are made the object of
special PROSECUTING as belonging to
the same blood. These form the
material with which the Nazi world
conspiracy chiefly attempts to work.
g'he center is the Nazi party. The
tool Is the uslands-organization Cor
organization abroad'0 of this party.
Today this organization of Germans
abroad has nearly 100000 men,
beers, all of whom are conscious
agents. Over 900 local groups or
supporting points" are organized in
Is or more "landesgruppen"-one in
each country.
Stuttgart Is Headquarters
The headquarters is In Stuttgart,
but all the groups are directed by
single man in Berlin, Gauleiter
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, with some 800
assistants. Technically Bohle is
state secretary" in the German
foreign office. Where the local
branches dare not appear under
their true colors, they take on
fancy names - in Rumania the
Iron Guard" In Switzerland True
Confederates" in the United States
"AmertSadeutscher Volksbund.'
But everywhere, whether the
members are Germans, naturalized
Germans or non Germans, the aim
10 the cop,o ~ onbiova IYif1av,c ay,I
by trickery or terror: the organizing
principle is the same, with Hitler
youth and Hitler sport, marching
emblems, ruthless discipline, cere-
monies in honor of Nazi heroes or
Hitler's birthday parties: and in
case Of war they would all be on
Germany's side. In the time of
peace they make lists of Hitlers en-
emies, who are marked down for
murder or kidnapping to Germany
and torture when the great day
comes. Organized Germans abroad
are publicly told to 'obey the laws
Of their guest-country" but at the
same time urged to convince every
outsider Of the necessity of Ger
many'S victory" The Nazi party
MISREPRESENTATION is by no
means the only entity that works
for Hitler outside Germany.
Are Seven Others
There are in fact no less than sew
en- others The political police or
Gestapo, the propaganda ministry of
DR.. Paul Goebbels, the German
Labor Front, the intelligence services
of the German army, of the German
navy and Of the German air arm,
and finally the German foreign Off
&c with its embassies and consulates
all over the world.
Together these eight organizations
spend on propaganda, espionage and
sabotage roughly 5000, 5000 a year.
It seems lot of money but Hitler
has publicly expressed his intention
Of keeping this service at full blast
even if it means fewer infantry divi-
siong IN the army. When one con-
siders that this combined service,
with its $4,000 employees. can prob
ably claim credit for the ease of
Hitler's many victories, it is obvious
that the same result could hardly be
obtained so cheaply in any other
way.
The German foreign Office thus
has two irons in the fire abroad. One
are the millions Of Germans in
Bodies, Auslands- reorganization The
others are the German diplomats
abroad. BY noticing that on the
whole the German government has
four or five times as many "accredi-
ted" diplomatic and consular agents
IN each post as any other country.
one can perhaps guess the type of
activity Of four-fifths of them.
Mix Publicity In Affairs.
Often they publicly mix In the
policy Of the countries to which they
are accredited. Thus the famous
Captain Wiedemann, general consul
IN san Francisco, was publicly con-
graduated by order OF the Fuehrer
In Berlin for his work In prevent
Ing the American Senate from ac-
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