European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

When we came back we stopped to eat somewhere at Samitzsee and had a drink and sang.

The people liked that.

Someone said: “I will do some collecting.”

And the money we collected there, we used for the ‘Rote Hilfe’ (political helping organisation).

That way you could sometimes raise money to finance things.

Even SA people, who were on their way back from the Baltic Sea, gave money.

Worldwide economic crisis, SA-attack on childrens camp

At that time the communists propagated the slogan:

“Who votes for Hindenburg, votes for Hitler and who votes for Hitler, votes for war.”

The Great Depression affected Germany.

There were more than 6 millions of unemployed people.

Companies put signs up: “We do not recruit.”

And the troubles well, youngsters mainly, who did not have a job.

That led to radicalizations.

So many murders happened at that time, as well.

Political opponents were murdered.

We witnessed something like this, too. One day, we were out and about, when we were attacked by SA people.

And then another example: In 1932

we went on a holiday to the Baltic Sea with the children from ‘Fichte’.

During this time a holiday camp (which had been organized by the social democrats) was attacked by the SA.