Evening star., 1942-10-28

that. I never heard Of Germans
shooting civilians anywhere"
@. Do you think Germany can
win the war? A. At first thought
we could win. Now I have more
doubts because we must fight an
other winter and also because Rus
sian resistance at Stalingrad is very
great. We thought Stalingrad would
be taken quickly and that that
would win the war. Now it will be
very hard.
Aviator Questioned.
We then questioned another
prisoner, a chiselled-faced German
aviator named 1t. Horst Krauss-
grell. He was 81, which meant he
was only ~ when the Nazis took
complete charge of the education of
German youth. He came from on
enbach-am-Main and wore q band
age on his head. as the result of q
wound received during an air COM
bat. 1t. Kraussgrell had no regrets
and no pangs of conscience about
anything the Germans have done
anywhere.
@. Why did Germany invade Po-
land? A. Poland was q friend OF
England.
@. Why did Germany invade Nor
way? A. To keep the British out,
Q. Why Holland? A. That was
the only way we could defeat
France.
@. Why Yugoslavia?
After long pause, Kraussgrell
said he couldn't remember where
Yugoslavia was. Finally, he said
grudgingly: eve invaded Yugoslavia
because there were British agents
there"
@. How do you justify the whole
sale execution of Polish, Czech,
French, Dutch, Greek, Norwegian
and other civilians in occupied
countries? A. never heard of ci-
villains being executed by us. But If
they were, then it was because they
were working against Germany.
@. So If they were working to free
their own countries, which means
working against Germany, they
should be shot? A. Well, if not shot,
they should be imprisoned.
England After Russia.
@. Do you think Germany can
win against Russia, Britain and the
United States? A. After we defeat
Russia, we will knock out England
@. What about America? A.
think we will stay in Europe. Amer
lea is too far.
Ehrenburg has a way Of express
ing things very sharply.
Il am quite sure you have a nice
house on Offenbach- am Main.
need more room. Your house would
please me very much. I'd like to
live there. I think I'll go and live
in your house. Do you understand
what I mean?'
1t. Kraussgrell did not answer
@. What are you Germans doing
in Russia? You Germans have
shouted for years about the terrible
wrongs of the Versailles Treaty of
1919. What are you doing now in
Norway, in France, in all of Europe?
Do those houses belong to you? Is
Russia your house or mine?
A Russia your house or mine? A
Russia is your house.
@. But you want to live in my
house. Very we'll, I'd like bigger
house myself perhaps. And your
house in Offenbach- am Main is a
big house. I'd like to live in it. Do
you understand?
The German aviator made no at
tempt to answer.
@. Gn sharp staccato, Germany
Do you think you were right to in
wade Russia? A. I think it was nec-
essary.
Questioned on Reading.
@. Answer my questions. Have you
head or what have you on your
shoulders? A. But the Fuehrel
said.
There was more Of this, but all of
it merely demonstrated that moral
responsibility has no interest or
meaning for young Nazifed Ger
mans. So Enrenburg tried to find
out what reading this 21-year-old
Nazi had done. 1t. Kraussgrell
mentioned Goethe, Schiller, Lessing,
but could not remember any others.