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V. JEW BAITING AND RELIGIOUS DIFFICULTIES'
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C : ' •These NUREMBERG laws came as 'a :great pr iS6' 7f611:140". 1x149. o.ra r still
wondering today, where they could have Origifiat'W 4 diriefw only
too well that they would cause bad feelings 'abroad, was in
charge of the Four-Year Plan. At that time SCHAQHT came to see
me and said: "Sir, these incidents will cause us serious economic
difficulties abroad." 'So I 'went''thereV ,indj'threY shaie reilie he
laws, saying that they had • not beeriapproved zY .6 .0 t ewier.rof the
clauses were being 'changed ; bUt there' iró ....e4: 'zci'ma.`di3r.' dheiges. And
'from. then on the Jew-baiting really eatartedr'Vfie.inifie 'States
responded with a most disc7reeiibie; li6Y6'ot t "And: n a
16CtUre , that from now On it Wouletie very .diffictiif5tAigi.ntain
anY kind of cOmmer cial relat ion ":Witii • A:meriCii,Bui t,Pitil befL i. s was
teMporari3y forgotten in the akditemenf'sOVer'"ttiewSizdiSnqincident
in Sep 38, The n the war Started in '39. For the t ime %Nang, all
was well. Then, early in 1 40 they went to it again—pazing ,Rarticular
attention to the Jews the.' O'C 'cliiield' i'c'Oriri-fitiiiscg:' ;1")fave
to admit that things kept getting worse ,,. and that AlkeT vt,ers
sanctioned by Various gicitips All aOrtedt: fiasiliblVdkcieses
occurred. I didn't approve of them, biit'urifdifin,a-tt'etOT:°couldn't
d6' anything against them; I didzi• 't ' go6'1 IiiiiiietrVith the
par ty my 861 • The f 4. rSt time When they
was in
. They didn't say anything about the' • Wedding ',..;b110wittn I had
'my . 'child christened n the -first year 'Of tVas attack.-
. ad 'vehemently.. • It was claimed by the
Of my -child would' put the FUEHRER int"O if it
ever became known. They wanted ine Virtilout a
' religious ceremony. That may all beweil t Vc5'ocii4eskopt that the
.:FUEHRER had been put to this- :=;Part iCulariy fl?'y 'the+ ,fiff tS ter of
'the:Interior , and . GOEBBELS °Then . LIITZE' ChileY sait -(tIe5 2IT:Istarted
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to • reproach me, - saying rt ha t such a step .. agairist thel-ilaz3.-party was
intolerable. And from then On there -was no end of trouble--someone
• would always point out this incident. Later on we had some serious
arguments. It was intended to merge , the two rel.igions...1. . ,,.Next We
• had 'these terrible days in ther "We'rPsgkV4i.4iiiginthen
these silly Hitler youth boys started tr on6Te' sfil KF1RRL ,
who is a smart man said : "I am a.' CeithdliV ealPitot want
to halve .anything tio do tkith tut."' -:4AGI■TEIRCO 211o:till same
attitude. The . whole thing was just plain 14"""
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VI, MISCELLANY
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G; It was only since very recently--say for the last wee ks:--that
he (HITLER) said: "We can 't help 'it anymore;"
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G: I had the feeling that it would take nothing -Shor t bf",a , :pir"adle . to
save our cause. But I believed we might • be) 'ible tO i J:fight7 to a