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HITLER’S TIRADE

WILD STREAM OF CHARGES SOME ASTONISHING CLAIMS. PRE-WAR & WAR EVENTS. LONDON. June 22. The proclamation issued by Hitler declared: “National Socialists and Germans weighed down with heavy cares for many long months —the hour now has come when I can speak openly. The Jewish Bolsheviks in 1936 wanted to set the whole of Europe afire. “It was not Germany who threatened Russia but the Jews in their centre in Moscow who wanted to spread domination, not merely spiritually but also militarily. Britain incited Spain, Poland, and later France to fight, and I thought I could reach an understanding with Russia, for which reason I sent Herr von Ribbentrop to break Britain's encirclement plan. I hoped that the treaty he concluded would remove all tension.

“The treaty .. resulted in the disappearance of thousands of German subjects from. Lithuania, but I kept silent and agreed to the Russian annexation of Lithuania, hoping to arrive at a lasting agreement with Russia. Germany never intended to attack Lithuania but merely to send troops to protect it. “The victory over Poland, which was carried out entirely by German troops, gave me another opportunity to offer peace to the western Powers, but this offer was rejected because England still then had a chance of getting the co-operation of the Balkans and of

Russia. That is why Cripps was sent to Russia. “When Russia took over the Baltic countries she lyingly said she was protecting them, but the attempt to bring them and Finland under her yoke could only be directed against Germany. Then Russia penetrated Rumania, and the Greeks acted with Britain in threatening an extension of the area of war. Rumania said she would accede to Russian demands only under an Axis guarantee for the rest of her territory, and I gave this.” Hitler alleged that Russia had demanded bases on the Bosphorus. He continued: "Bolshevism is opposed to Nazism in deadly enmity. Bolshevist Russia desires to stab Nazi Germany in the back while Germany is engaged in a struggle for existence. “For weeks Russia had massed her troops on the frontier, and clashes had already been reported. One hundred and sixty divisions threaten us, and Russian planes were crossing our frontier repeatedly in order to prove that they were the masters. On the nights on June 17 and 18 large Russian patrols entered Germany and were forced back only after lengthy exchanges of fire.

"Wo had no intention of remaining inactive in the face of this grave threat on the frontier, and I have therefore ordered the German forces to oppose this menace with all the might at their disposal. "The German concentration, which is the greatest the world has ever known has been completed. The German people are fully aware that they are called on not only to defend their native land but also to save the entire civilised, world from the deadly dangers of Bolshevism and clear the way for true social progress in Europe.”

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 June 1941, Page 5

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Tapeke kupu
495

HITLER’S TIRADE Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 June 1941, Page 5

HITLER’S TIRADE Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 June 1941, Page 5

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