The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-19
Germans Will Wage
Another War Unless
Held In Check
Swanton Soldier Gives His
Views of Conquered People

Corporal Harold W. Green, writing
to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
II. Green. at Swanton. from Bremen
Haven, Germany, where he is now
stationed. gives different picture of
the German people than some other
soldiers who have written home from
the battle area.
He writes:
Il have recently read articles about
the German people being frightened
people since their defeat. have been
around them for eigh. months and /
would say they are every thing but
afraid. | saw place where German
soldiers and civilians put 800 people
in barn. First they filled the barn
with lead for almost half an hour and
then poured gasoline inside and out
side the barn and set fire to it, burn
ing them up. Twelve of them escaped.
When the war ended, Hitler was
still a hero in their eyes. saw 100000
wi lilGlIlN SUI anu lilctl NitN''
through town called Stendal singing
with people cheering them as they did
so. | met Russian soldiers at the Elbe
river and they know how to treat the
Germans. We are too darned soft and
the Germans shall rise again if we
don't crack down more. We have taken
pity on them because their homes are
burned out and bombed.
The German SIS. trooper was q
devilish form Of man, had no idea Of
humane ideals and thought nothing of
shooting German soldier who wanted
to surrender. There are plenty left
here at the ripe age Of - to l5-Hit-
Ter youth-who are dangerous. But
our leaders say no.
- know Of case where company
Of German youth pinned down q COM
pany Of infantry men for six hours
with small arms fire and mortars, and
in doing so some Of our boys got it.
In turn the company of youth had to
be completely wiped out as they re-
fused to surrender.
"One never meets d German or
Nazi' here as they claim to be of some
other race o. belief. They are the big
gest bunch Of liars the world has ever
seen. SO you see Hitler wasn't the only
one here. 1t was the people
q also saw a camp, you know the
one, where bodies We're piled like cord
wood, starved to death, others shot
and burned and the majority who had
survived were either crazy or infected
with disease to the extent that a cure
was impossible. Even now give a Ger
man gun and you can rest assured
he wouldn't hesitate to use it at the
first possible chance.
Il am writing this because it burns
me up to read some Of the stuff that
is put out Why not tell how they
treated other people and tell the fact
that German thinks that a Pole,
Russian or Dutchman is an animal,
not a human being. The Russians shall
put the German where he belongs, in
a cell with solid walls and they wont
let him free for the next so years or
more. But US, we shall step down and
release the Hun in the next five years
and then they will have another war
and the same excuse will arise-we
didn't crack down enough.
"They won't let the one who perhaps
lost an arm or leg, who can't see or
hear, or who has toiled as d fighting
soldier make the regulations. They
will leave it up to one who never
slept in fox hole, half full of water
or who has gone for weeks without
bath or experienced anything like
civilization in six months.
$50 the next time you hear a person
say that the Germans are O. X. and
Hitler caused the var, don't agree
with him. We are nation Of stupid
children who don't know what the
score is"
Cpl. Green has been overseas quite
few months. Upon his trip overseas
his ship was sunk shortly after leav-
ing the east coast. He was brought
back, re-outfitted and sent to England.
thence TO France and Germany