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Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1942, Page 2

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"The Making of a Nazi.''

Eradication of Nazi Thought The statesmen of democratic nations, on their part, have vowed to wipe Nazism from the face of the earth. This, presumably, means that Nazi leaders and the Nazi army must be annihilated. The plan, no doubt, also provides for the destruction of the cradle of Nazism, the schools. But what of the doctrines that have been so deeply rooted in the hearts and souls of millions of eager, receptive German boys and girls? Boys and girls who entered school the year Hitler came to power are now matured Hitler Youth and B.D.M. members. Destroying schoolhouses will not eradicate from their consciousness the ideas that have been nurtured in their minds without opposition for nearly a decade. This spirit and these doctrines can be effectively destroyed only if they are replaced by something better, something more fundamentally human. Mere repression, mere negation will not smother out these active, dynamic, flourishing doctrines. A new and even more flourishing crop must be sowed and grown there if we are to eradicate these tares. — E-\ Gregor Ziemer.in "Education for Death—