Evening star., 1942-10-28

q. What poets and writer's has
Na1 Germany produced7
Kraussgreel fidgeted for . couple
Of minutes but could not think of q
single name.
Q. Who wrote die Lorelei"? A..
Heinrich Heine.
@. Was Heine q German. A. No,
q Jew.
Q. What are the words to die
Iorelei"?
This young product of Nazi edu-
cation couldn't even recite the open
ing line. II can't remember, but
I've heard it sung" he said Ehren-
burg remarked, land you Germans,
you sing a song which was written
by Jew"
Kraussgrell WINGED as If lashed
across the face with q whip. OBJ
viously he felt that this was the
worst insult that could be heaped
on German warrior.
Sees Victory Ahead.
@. What do you think of the war
In Russia? I asked. A. We thought
we would defeat Russia this year.
That Is what we all thought when
I came in May. Now I think we
will do it next year. Then we will
defeat England.
@. So you think that you will de-
feat both Russia and England next
year? A. No, we can't smash them
both in one year, but I think we
will win the war.
@. Why? A. Because we've had
all the victories so far
@. And do you think Germany will
defeat America, too? A. Perhaps
America will send one or two million
men to England, but Germany can
still hold the Atlantic coastline of
Europe.
@. But to smash the British, you'll
have to invade England? A. No,
we won't invade England. Well
win with U-boats and planes.
@. How many planes per month do
you think that the United States is
producing now? A. I don't know
maybe 1000 per month.
Goerings LuftWaffe lieutenant
looked very serious and disturbed
when I told him that the United
States is producing 5000 planes
month and will average 10000
month in 1943. Then he declared:
I'VE have had very big losses in
men. Our people are tired. They
feel these losses"
Eetivnota~ nSs>~ ~ snA mn
@. How large would you say that
Germany's losses have been? A.
Over 100000 men.
@. Only half a million? Isn't
that cheap? Look at all the coun-
tries you have conquered. Look at
all the lebensraum you've got. A.
Well, it might be cheap price to
pay.
@. But the Poles, Norwegians.
French, Yugoslavs, Greeks and all
the others. they have lost many
more men than Germany? A. Yes,
there are several million dead on
the other side and we've killed 1O,-
100000 Russians. But just the same,
more than 100000 is very much
for us.
@. But why don't you count all
those European peoples who have
starved and all those who have been
executed by Germans? A. But in
these lands the Germans are Her
renvolk. If they persist in working
against the Germans, what can
they expect?
@. You have persisted in invad-
ing Russia and killing Russians.
What have you to expect?
No answer.
The next questioned was Prisoner
Subaltern Kurt Decker of a village
in Saxony. He was % years old
and as youngster was Socialist
opposed to the Nazis. He was tall,
blue-eyed German, but had a hag-
gard face with sunken cheeks. He
was the only German prisoner with
whom talked who gave an honest
answer to every question and also
the only one who seemed conscious
of the miserable self-portrait he
was painting.
In the year 1882, before Hitler
took over in Germany, Decker was
jobless. He went to France and
! found work. He entered Paris with