European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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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’,
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the ‘Vienna Internationale’, with the slogan:
the ‘Vienna Internationale’, with the slogan:
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No social democratic opportunism and no Bolshevistic dogmatism.
No social democratic opportunism and no Bolshevistic dogmatism.
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We worked according to this guideline,
We worked according to this guideline,
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but of course even in this party and in the youth association, which was a part of the party,
but of course even in this party and in the youth association, which was a part of the party,
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there were different positions.
there were different positions.