English Translation

A 17 15 By the way, it is not yet clear whether the war really needs to be continued. The French would be very grateful to fight for England again this time. England is afraid to attack German cities. It only throws leaflets off. It knows why it does not throw off bombs. If so, the German planes would soon put London in ruins. Also the Spiesser generally approves the attitude of Hitler. England is the culprit. His punishment will have to be sustained and bitterly repented. Hitler had acted quite correctly when he had concluded the pact with Russia. A Catholic woman was very contradictory in her views. But this is precisely why her mental experience, which was clearly expressed during the conversation, is particularly characteristic of the confusion in the German people. This woman had always been very kind to me. She looked at me badly this time and cried immediately when I entered her. A son of her is a soldier. She lamented about it, and then explained that she now wanted to say that she was a brave German woman. But immediately after that she said that if the son in the field should fall, she would go into the water with the other, who must also become a soldier. Another Catholic got completely out of the house by the Polish war and by the successes of the German army. That was a very great thing. And this stroke of genius of the leader with Stalin. Then he had shown the Western powers how to make politics. On my objection, the man replied: "Oh, that's not so bad. Don't you know that there are new buildings being built in Russia? This is well known here in Germany. Russia is no longer so Bolshevik-ish. For the rest, God will already help us." Only one woman, who had just come from Czechoslovakia, was very critical. This woman is Sudeten German, she was a Henlein follower before the occupation of the Sudetens and, like many others, welcomed the connection of the sudeten area. It is the wife of the owner of a large factory. This woman lamented: "What is this all about? We used to be so happy against today. We had it well and the people had to eat as well. Now it's mangel of everything. If we had known that!" Of course not everyone is crazy. But it has to be said that the number of those who really try to become clear, who think relatively objectively, is quite small. Not that there was enthusiasm in Mehrhe't