English Translation

5a Hero's Memorial Day 1943 "Remember without exception, man and woman, only that in this war be or not be of our people decided. And if you understand that, then every thought of you and every action will always be only a prayer for our Germany! e ot Since the first heroic anniversary of this war, new comrades have joined the dead of the world war: in Norway, Denmark and England, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, Italy, the Balkans and the East, Egypt and Ubersee. The ring, which the fathers forged with their bodies around the homeland, has been driven from the brothers and sons like an eternal watch to the Arctic Sea and the deserts of Africa, to the coasts of the Atlantic and the Black Sea and beyond to the summits of Kaucasus and deep into the steppes, swamps and forests of the east. The blood of our best is connected to these vast spaces. But the sowing of blood has risen and has borne many fruits; it has given the front the foundations for further struggles, but the home the possibility of life for its growing new generations. Thus our fallen comrades are for all of us outside and at home the künder eternal soldierhood and the pioneers for a larger Germany, in which the coming youth can create and live again free and happy. Therefore do not complain on the memory of the hero day, but overcome the suffering and let the power of the early accomplished pour into the heart and hand! Your brother, whom they bedded in France's earth, is also my brother, and your son, who covers Russia's vast fields, is a piece of me as well. The same blood unites us and gives us the strength to lead this battle to a victorious end in the spirit of our dead. We carry the same flag, our hearts beat the same pace and we live or die true to the same oath. Hail our leader! In the field, March 1943 EULEN, Federal Leader Major