HITLERISM OR THE GERMAN PEOPLE?
Sir,-After reading the letter by E. A. W. Smith in The Listeger, I have no doubt that his ideas Would receive the blessing of Dr. Goebbels and Fascist propagandists throughout the world. It would certainly be a pleasant surprise for Hitler to find that Professor Foerster and Mr. Smith believe him to be "from the democratic standpoint the most legitimate ruler Germany has ever had, a Kaiser who owes his crown to the most genuine popular vote." History, however, does not agree. The burning of the Reichstag and the consequent refusal to count Communist and Socialist votes, at a time when election returns showed the influence of the Nazi Party to be on the wane, give the lie to "the greatest living German." I should also like to point out that the Anglo-Soviet Pact is particularly worded as an alliance for "the defeat of Hitlerism," and that the Soviet Union has repeatedly stressed the importance of this wording. Professor Foerster’s ideas of inherent German militarism are on a par with Hitler’s "pure Nordic race," and are entirely ‘without scientific evidence. They are similar to the "experts’" views that "the Russians could never make fighters," and like those cannot serve any useful purpose to the United Nations in the struggle against Fascism.
H. E.
DAY
(Papatoetoe).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 179, 27 November 1942, Page 3
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