English Translation

- 3 Special interest here is the ecclesiastical dissensions. "We would be sloppy communists if we did not lend all our strength to support the struggle of the Christian masses against fascism, if we do not see that the present church struggle is a mass movement weakening the fascist dictatorship, pastors turn to us to help them protect their processions, which today are political demonstrations". (From a pamphlet of the KPD) Examples: Distribution of KPD flyers at the Annaberg Procession, appearance of communist demonstrators during the Shrine Journey in Aachen, connections to Catholic and Communist youth (Rossaint), church questions as the main content of communist propaganda books. In early July 1937, the German Volkszeitung, Prag, published an essay "Out with Niemoeller and Rossaint" in which it is said, among other things: "One remembers the courageous Kaplang Rossaint and that his connection with communist young workers only proved that it is the most natural thing of the world when all those who have a common enemy sit together. Out of the dungeons with the clergy! They are no fags, they did nothing but what their conscience and their duty commanded them. Out with all political prisoners, with Thälmann, Mierendorf, Niemoeller, Rossaint, Ossietzky, with tribe and Rembte, with all the Germans who suffer for the cause of the people". In a similar way, efforts are being made towards the SPD circles and all other oppositional forces. An effort to enter into the Nazi mass organizations (tactics of the Trojan horse). From a leaflet of the KJVD: "It is not important to form own, independently working cells in these mass organizations... In the future, we must not stand aside from sectarianism and declare "I do not participate in the nonsense". On the contrary, we