Germans Were Working On Atom Bomb

Chronicle (Levin), 2 April 1948, Page 5

Germans Were Working On Atom Bomb

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IicM'cix c[ Tliursikiy, 7 } >.111. LODDON, April 1. 1 ' Tlie Goi*l>l>t*ls 1 )iar"u's wliicli covor (idclibols ' \ olunii nmis ri'cords t'or 1912 and diseiosi* tliat Gonnan srioii' isls pro« resscd far witli tlu' atom l>nmi> as carly as March, 1 f— . Uoebbels ' ciilry t'or .Mandi 2 1 , 1942, says: ''Ucrinan ivseareh in tlu* rcalm of ti t otipi: tlt'st riu't i»)ti lias proeooded to tlu* ftoinf wlicri* its results may be uscd in tlu* prosciit war. Gorinan science at its peak in tliis matter.'' Gnebl.els, on .Mandi 14, 1913 wrote: ,4>ur teeliint-ni de\ (dopment botli as ro ga rds subam riues and air warfare, is far inferior to l'.nalisli and Anierican.'' The (lary .iev.ites thousands of words to desri .p; inie of the liavoc whieh R.A.F. blor klemi i-r raids causod in Berlin and eh. >*. iiere. (roebbels ivpia- in May. 1943: ' ' We just eannot sland. t'lic air war iiideflnitely . ' ' (ioeldiels was in a d.-.M, slielt.er during the R.A.F. raiil on l'eriin on Xovenibei 23, 1943, and wro'e: *'Ilell itself seeni.to have broken lonse o\ er ns. This is oue of the wnrst nighls of iny entire li l r. ' ' ( roebbels wvote on .Tanuary titi, 1942: ''A nioral breakdown siudi as we ex]iei ienrcd in Xovenibei , 191\ rau br broiight about in Kngland only with gieui dihirnity if at all." A moiitli later (Joebbels w rote: " Th > Enyli-ii people are ust'd to hani blows and t . a eertain oxtent the wav they take it roinpels admiration. " i.ater he w rote: "There is no way of Oringi u»- the Knglish to their senses. They liehoi" to a elass of liumans with whom you can talk only after you have Orst knoeked out •' their teeth. " (loebbeB deseril ed M r. t'hurehill as an *-oid l igne". 'iindtinds wi'./u: in December, 1943: "A serious ei.idernie of influeir/.a has broken out in Fngland. The King, too, is H,,v wonderful if the epidemb' provrd t ; 1 1 : ; i init that is too good to be tnie. "