Evening star., 1943-11-29
Nazis Acknowledge
Possibility Allies Can
Raze Berlin in Raids
BY the Associated Press.

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STOCKHOLM, Nov. 29.-The Ger
mans today acknowledged the pos
sibility that British and American
bombers might completely destroy
Berlin, third of which already
is reported in ruins as the result of
heavy raids during the last week.
The admission was made by
George Schroeder, chief correspond
ent of the Europa Press, who writes
Only with the specific approval of
Nazi Propaganda Minister Paul JOS
eph Goebbels.
In story designed for foreign
consumption, Schroeder said grimly
that the British already have won
the first round in the Battle of Ber-
lln," declared that the Allies may
LAY all Berlin in waste" and added
that I'VE may expect other German
cities to meet the same fate"
Schroeder added darkly, however,
that Germany intended to pay back
Britain soon with reprisals by en-
ploying new weapon which, he
said, may make total war much
more total"
May Use Weapon From France.
Britain, he said, could not use a
similar weapon because she does not
possess bases close enough to Ger
many-thus ating the Nazis in
tend to use their weapon from
France.
This might mean that it is some
new type of cannon or rocket projec-
tile. 1t has been rumored that the
Germans are experimenting with
both.
Schroeder said the Battle of Ber-
lin will be recorded in history as the
turning point in the war" But he
declared that 1T already can be
seen England can never win the land
war by air raids"
Berlin's transportation and food
distribution systems and water and
power facilities, meanwhile, were re-
ported still paralyzed from last
weeks massive RAF bombings
Berlin correspondents of Swedish
newspapers wrote that Nazi officials,
convinced that additional attacks
were in store for the capital, were
concentrating only on restoring es-
sential services, without attempting
to rehabilitate the dead" sections.
People Camp in Park.
Descriptions of life within the
olackened metropolis resembled those
depicting city wrecked by an earth
quake or tidal wave.
In setting Of crumpled streets
and toppled buildings. Tiergarten
Park has been converted into tent
city where people live under rugs
suspended between trees, these ad-
vices said.
A dispatch to the Stockholm news
paper Allehanda asserted some Ger
man military men believed that the
aerial bombardment of the Reich'S
nerve center was part of an Allied
strategic plan to wipe out the capital
as prelude to an invasion of Europe
from the west and south. Another
dispatch mentioned unconfirmed re-
ports that the Nazi planned a general
evacuation if the bombardments
continue.
"a dispatch from Bern, Switz-
erland, said that thousands of
Berliners already had been evac-
uated, but that many men and
women were reported still roam
ing the streets with their possess
Sions in little bundles or standing
before the ruins of their homes)
Further Raids Expected.
Christer Jaederlund. Berlin cor
respondent of Stockholm's Tidnin-
gen. sent this description of the
capital:
Some quarters are burned out en-
tirely. There are large areas o. long
streets where everything seems dead
You don't meet single human
being
Burned tram cars stand amid
twisted rails and shattered streets,
where they were caught when the
alarm came.
The people of Berlin harbor no
illusions regarding being spared
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realize that the city is huge and
that the Allies are not likely to cease
their bombardment until they have
done their worst"
A Berlin dispatch to the Stock
holm Social Demokraten said occa-
sional explosions still sounded in
Berlin as time bombs burst. Wreck
ers also were busy dynamiting walls
of damaged buildings which were
in danger of collapsing
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