English Translation

4 You have jumped in as the youth yourself and so that our toddlers do not have to spare their toys, you have worked for months in your KLV camps, in a noble competition and have produced thousands and thousands of children's toys, which now bring joy to the families of our soldiers at Christmas. This certainty may fill you with pride and you may be proud that you have done this beautiful job. You know, my dear boys and girls, that the enemy seeks to destroy our people. He wants not only your fathers and brothers on the fronts, your mothers and sisters in the homeland, but above all he wants to meet the German people in you, his youth. However, this knowledge must make you young boys and girls especially hard and every one of you must oppose these intentions of the enemy. If we all form a great united unity, then the enemy can never beat us. And if the enemy puts his hope to meet your fathers and brothers on the fronts with the fact that he exposes the population in the hinterland to night terror attacks of his air force, we can only come closer together here again and do everything possible to bring this intention of the enemy to failure. The belt of our air defenses is becoming ever more powerful, our defense weapons are getting better and better and night after night the enemy is blowing his attempts to terrorize the hinterland with heavy losses. But the youth he wants to meet is in safety and grows up here healthy and strong. In this mood, my dear boys and girls, you must - 5 -