Yes; even on the front itself everything was notas
it ought to have been in this regard.
There is no such thing as coming to an
understanding with the Jews.
The rumours grew more and more persistent. The
youngdrafts succumbed to it completely.
The years that followed have justified theopinions
which we held at that time. Almostevery clerk was a Jew and every Jew was a clerk.
This sentiment, however, is not complex, but simpleand consistent.
During this winter the front was somewhatquieter
than usual. The years that followed have justified theopinions which we held at that
time.
These weremostly dropped from aeroplanes which were
used specially for thatpurpose.
What was all the pain I suffered in my eyes
compared with thistragedy?
At Paris and London conferences followed one
another in unending series. To meet theirwishes meant that one should agree to
sacrifice Germany.
The enemy feared and trembled before the prospect
of this Germanvictory. Thus I was on the way to recovery when the frightful
hourcame.
I could hardly imagine what Germans looked
likewithout uniforms. In this wayalone can propaganda be consistent and dynamic in
its effects.
At Paris and London conferences followed one
another in unending series.
During the following days my own fate became clear
to me.
It was no longer soeasy to demonstrate that the
prospect of a German victory was hopeless. Was their failure to act merely due to
unintelligence or badfaith?
Andthus it was that this atrocious lie was
positively believed.
The following days were terrible to bear, and the
nights still worse. But, apart from all this, the general spirit wasdeplorable. I
had not cried since the day that I stood beside my mothers grave.
A couple of miserable human specimens were the
ringleaders inthis process of defamation. In its place there was now a
grimdetermination to struggle through to victory. The following days were terrible
to bear, and the nights still worse. In the business world the situation was even
worse.
Ebert, Scheidemann, Barth, Liebknecht andothers.
Its notions are never partly this and partly that.
This kind of behaviour affected me very deeply.
Then one day disaster brokein upon us suddenly and without warning. But here in
hospital the spirit was quite different in somerespects.