DEATH AND FAMINE
NAZI PLAN FOR ITALY New York, Oct. 12. “The Nazi plans contemplate wholesale deaths of Italians—indeed. virtually every Italian soldier.” said the' Assistant Secretary of State. Mr Berls, to a Columbus Day rally. He added that wherever possible Hitler used Italian troops in sectors where they would be killed. Referring to Field-Marshal Goering’s statement that the Germans would be fed though other Europeans starve, Mr Berle said, “Italy is included in the starvation programme. Italy’s food and resources are being seized and sent to Germany, with little coming back.” Mr Berle expressed the conviction that the Italian people did not support Mussolini's terrible treason which enslaved them. “American citizens of Italian ancestry know how to condemn the Fascists who strut their quisling part in Rome and the Nazi marionettes whose strings are fulled by Hitler. American citizens of Italian descent will know how to greet the Italian people which reconquers its freedom.” —P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 14 October 1942, Page 5
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