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to have read Hitler’s book ‚Mein Kampf’.
to have read Hitler’s book ‚Mein Kampf’.
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We could tell the Nazi officials, who didn’t know as well as we did, what the real aims were.
We could tell the Nazi officials, who didn’t know as well as we did, what the real aims were.
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They did not believe that Hitler wanted war.
They did not believe that Hitler wanted war.
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We kept hearing again and again: „They will not be so stupid to go against the whole world on their own.”
We kept hearing again and again: „They will not be so stupid to go against the whole world on their own.”
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But we were able to quote from ‚Mein Kampf’ that the annexation of new living space in the east
But we were able to quote from ‚Mein Kampf’ that the annexation of new living space in the east
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was one main issue of the Nazis’ fight.
was one main issue of the Nazis’ fight.
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If we were able to bring the better arguments into discussions with the Nazis,
If we were able to bring the better arguments into discussions with the Nazis,
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in the companies, in the schools or wherever, it would have an effect on the undecided.
in the companies, in the schools or wherever, it would have an effect on the undecided.
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But still the Nazis became stronger and stronger;
But still the Nazis became stronger and stronger;
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for one, because of the social problems and for two,
for one, because of the social problems and for two,
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because the imperial German broadcasting service had an immense influence.
because the imperial German broadcasting service had an immense influence.
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Many Germans did not speak Czech,
Many Germans did not speak Czech,
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but you could hear the broadcast stations Königs Wusterhausen and Seesen, the two Nazi stations, well.
but you could hear the broadcast stations Königs Wusterhausen and Seesen, the two Nazi stations, well.
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This influence, in which social problems were misleadingly passed off as national problems, were surely effective.
This influence, in which social problems were misleadingly passed off as national problems, were surely effective.
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Antifascist poltics in CSSR
Antifascist poltics in CSSR
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The party, my parents were functionaries in,
The party, my parents were functionaries in,
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was called the ‘German Social Democratic Labour Party in Czechoslovakia’.
was called the ‘German Social Democratic Labour Party in Czechoslovakia’.
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But the name was a diversion, it was a socialistic, an Austro-Marxian party.
But the name was a diversion, it was a socialistic, an Austro-Marxian party.
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Our party did not belong to the ‘1st Internationale’ but to the ‘2.5th Internationale’,
Our party did not belong to the ‘1st Internationale’ but to the ‘2.5th Internationale’,