The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-07-16
SETTLING COUNTRIES OF
EUROPE DEPICTED BY owl
A Million Copies OF The Publica-
ton Is Expected to Be- Dropped
Over Europe


Over Europe
A second front in Europe, wherever
opened, will be effectively supported
by the people in occupied countries.
said Elmer Davis, director Of the Of
fee Of War Information, in releasing
en- Saturday pamphlet entitled "The
Unconquered People" This is the first
official pamphlet to be issued by the
new information office
One million Of the pamphlets are
expected to be dropped over Europe.
THE Unconquered People" tells the
story Of mounting anti-Nazi resist
ancc and cites numerous specific cases
of sabotage, industrial slowdowns, I'M
derground activities, guerilla warfare
and stubborn refusal to submit to the
Nazi tyranny.
Says [. s. Should Know The Facts
THE American people should
know the facts Of the heroic resistance
to Hitler by their silent allies in oc-
cupied lands" Nh Davis said. "Har-
assing the Nazis day and night at the
risk Of death, the people Of occupied
Europe have dedicated themselves to
shaking off the Nazi yoke.
They want the American people to
know that when the time comes to
create second front it will be etfec-
lively supported as a front of liberia
ton
"A second front will be d two-way
operation. We need Europe's help.
Europe needs ours to gain freedom.
Evidence in The Unconquered Peo-
pie demonstrates that they rest their
lives and hopes upon a United Nations
victory"
Tells OF Recent Surge
The pamphlet recalls that local
Frenchmen recently mistook Com
mandos raiding the coast Of France
for a full-scale invasion army.
Swiftly turning upon the Nazis."
says the pamphlet, they seized Ger
man arms and produced hidden weap-
ons. This is the shape Of things to
come"
Copies Of The Unconquered Peo-
pie" may be obtained from the Office
Of War Information, in Washington.
The pamphlet was Illustrated as a
patriotic contribution by Edmund
Duffy, Pulitzer prize-winning car
toonist Of the Baltimore Sun.
"The Unconquered People" traces
the gradual rise Ct resistance after
the first stunned moments Of defeat.
when "the main problem was to keep
alive, eat and find a place to sleep"
First Orders Given
"Hitler's armies were ordered at
first says the pamphlet, to seem
good-natured and mannerly" The
Nazis believed, or pretended to be-
Geve, that people whose homes had
just been bombed and whose cities
had just been destroyed would take
the invaders to their hearts.
But by its very nature the new
order could not for long hide its true
purpose: wholesale plumber Of the
occupied countries, scrapping Of ev-
cry vestige Of personal freedom, COM
plete 'Nazification, is was added.
Resistance at first took simple
forms, such as Refused to obey the
commands of the German authorities,
turning Of backs when Nazi columns
swung down the street, and coughing
loudly in movie theatres when Nazi
officials appeared on the screen.
Gradually the resistance mounted, be-
coming a ground-swell Of revolt
Examples Cited
As examples, the pamphlet cites:
Resignation of Norwegian bishops,
teachers and nurses.
Planting of Dutch tulip fields to re
semble huge Dutch flags, visible to
Raj flyers.
Kidnapping of German soldiers by
Breton fishermen.
Overt anti-Nazi demonstrations and
parades.
Publishing of hundreds of secret
newspapers.
Wrecking of troop, trains, punctur-
ing Of oil wagons, incorrect sorting Of
ammunition.
Showdown in factories making arms
for the Nazi war machine.
Open warfare by the Yugoslav Cen
eral Mikhailovitch, and other guerilla
groups.
Telling the story of Hitler's seizure
Of hostages in reprisal for those who
resist the new ORDER" the pamphlet
says:
zone cannot hope to list accurately
the thousands upon thousands of peo-
ple-fathers, mothers, children, cor
ner grocers, doctors, lawyers, post
men-who have been slain by the
Nazis.
Examples of the Gestapos reign of
terror include the leveling to the
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