English Translation

According to this propaganda, the events in Poland have to be presented to the German people. Rhineland: In the assemblies and company appeals, Nazi propaganda still lives on the atrocities in Poland. Time and again the masses are told that the Poles are beasts, who killed the German civilians in Poland in thousands and shot the German soldiers behind the march. With special pressure the people are told, that the English had delivered poison gas to Poland and that the German population should also be attacked with this gas. But the German Luftwaffe will already give it to the English. Of course the fairy tales are not withheld from the exposed eyes of the population. Unfortunately, the population believes to a large extent all these things. But now it is not the will to defend itself in general strengthened. Much more the fear of the coming events increases. But there are also many people who scold the English, who are to blame for everything. Berlin: Poland is now finished. The reports of the German soldiers have many times exceeded what the German press and the radio had reported about the events in Poland. Therefore now general understanding for the rigorous action of the german authorities in Poland . In addition, one gets the impression that the reconstruction of Poland takes place. The train connections from here to the most important parts of Poland are already in progress, almost daily reports about the expansion of the restored transport network come. And as with the iron baths, it is similar with all other things. e) The effect of foreign counter-propaganda undoubtedly remains what happens through the propaganda of the Western powers to inform the German people about the actual situation, not without success. The foreign radio news is intercepted and the flyers thrown off by the English planes are read. An indirect testimony to the effectiveness of this propaganda is an editorial in the "Essener Nalionalzeitung" of 6 November, in which it is called under the heading "The Enemy Speaks":