. HITLER EXPLOITS FEARS
OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE
MASSES SUPPORT AVAR BECAUSE OF DREAD
THAT REVENGE WOULD FOLLOW DEFEAT
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STOCKHOLM — Adolf Hitler
is not worrying that the German
people will abandon him. The
outstanding reason why ‘he peo
r pie still suDp rt him is fear
not fear of the Gestapo, but fear
of the consequences of defeat.
This state of mind makes the
German po pie rather bear the
ills they now have than fly to
others they know of—-to para
phrase Hamlet.
The Fuehrer has had Propag
anda Minister G bbels build un
this fear of deft at for a long
t me now. In N vembor Dr. Goeb
bels produced a > • motion with
his article in Do Reich entitled
“How, Nut When,” which ex
pounded th. brand new thesis,
that the question was not when
the Germans wen go ng in win
the war. but how they were go
ing to win it.
The German-- were told in the
same breath that the price of
r defeat was th»-T extinct-on, both
as a nation ard as a race. And
in his scientific nursing of the
ft ar thus nstilied, which, incid
entally, the Atlantic Declaration
el d nothing to allay, Dr. Goeb
bt-ls has been much aided by a'
vague feeling of uneasiness deep,
in the hearts of the German non
pie that the conquered peoples
- in the Nazi occupied territories'
of Europe may not like the <>o
cupat on and the occupation fore
cs as well a-- the German pres;
-would have all gc-od Germans be
lieve.
Fears of Revenge
Rumor and clandestine listen
ing to fore gn broadcasting sta
tion have in fact given birth to
the feeling that should the Reich
ever be delivered to the is venge
thirsty oppressed peoples of Eu
W rope all the way from Norway to
Yugoslavia, then “God help the
Germans’’ Stories brought back
by Nazi soldiers and frequent
r."Wf iteni« about the assassins-.
tions of German soldiers serving
in occupied countr < s have fur
ther increased this worry of
what would occur if the suppress
t :l peoples < Yer had any ippor-j
tunity for revenge.
It us not an exaggeration to say:
that by this time the mass of the
German people knows that all is
not well in the occupied lands;
and that the whole nation is in
danger of having the capital of
hate built up by both the Nazi
party and the army in the occu
pied countries returned with
compound interest. In fact, they :
fear that in case of a German dei
feat a reckoning—unjust as it may
seem even today to the German j
people—is unavoidable.
'I But even after the force of the1
fear that binds the German peo-'
pie to Hitler Ls taken into ac
count, it would not be true to
say that he is as popular today
in Germany as he was, for in
stance. a year ago when victories
were still coming cheap.
Opposition Much Stronger
The opposition in Germany,
i has grown much stronger and
one may safely say that events
since last spring have made
many millions of people in Ger
many desire, if not actually pray
for, the elimination of Hitler and
the dissolution of the Naz.i party.
There is ample evidence of this
state of affairs in the recent
speeches of both Hitler and his
foreign minister, Joachim von
Hibbentrop, the latter taking the
trouble to warn dissidents and
would-be dissidents that it was
Ik no use starting a revolution to
day in face of dive bombers and
machine guns and all the wea
pons of modern war turned ag
ainst them.
This opposition, widespread as
it may be. is still to weak to act.
Its members are a minority and
their forces scattered over the
width of the land.
There iis another reason why
Hitler’s hold on the people re
mains fwm in those days of their
trial: ihn propaganda i f
TTni'ed Nations has not h”cn ?b1?|
4o sh®ke the conv’etinn father-'^!
by Dr. Goebbels as to whs' ;
in store for t.be German* in !h"j
way of political organization e1
their State in ease of defeat rw<*j
to dispel doubts about the •- n -
cerity of the Atlant'c Doc’ar
at’on.
The r> Li'ts of Germany’s
-j\r,rj,,.• id >craev : fti"
the fir*t World War s!’ll f wh
t a Iking no nts for Nazi c\ •ijy* •'
ists. The ill fated Weimar Re
public remains a sad iD?n”"r
even among those who on”red >
that N'vi trickery was the nr:
mary c use of its downfall. ■ nd i
tMs memory alone would k o j
’hem n *he Hitl r bne-un ev'.->
if the threat of Dhvdcr-d f i-m
were not omnipresent ;n 1 h”
streets ef their cities and pv
the eowpaths of Iheir \’i 1 ]• gi
Memories of Weimar Days ,
The German inside today's Go-|
many, even if tie is capable orj
independent thinking, shudd' r -1
at the thought of the thou*' •• 1!
and one political parties of W j
par days, and out of tbs - • J
cumstance Hitler draws a go
part of his present .strong’h.
Champions of German dome •
racy say (in those rare
when they dare to express th* :r
opinions) that a two-party dew
o-nK-y like thut of thf U'T1
States, or one modeled after that
of England, win re the pol
governing parties are al*" few.
would be almost certain to grow
out of any conditions that could
arouse the Germans to tur" unon
Hitler and the Nazi party and
bring them down.
In the meantime, memory of
what some Germans call “democ
racy at its worst,” hampers the'
spread of democratic ideas and;
makes for loyalty to Hitler. The j
reports of the R:om trials which j
are made available to German-.!
as well as the situation of France j
itself today, are not making .-•■
converts to the cause of d m ■- j
racy in the ranks of Hi!lei's yip !
porters.
Not the least source of Hiller’s:
strength with his people is the|
fact that they still regard Ivtn
as a “miracle man." He may hot
a double and even a triple cross ,
er —that mythical dictionary of
Hitler’s broken words of honor
has long been a standing joke
with the Nazis hut just so long
as he keeps on “shaking miracle
rabbits out of his brown uniform
cap” they do not mind v'tv
much any additions to Herr Hit
ler’s dictionary of dishonor.
Desire for Peace
The Germans have had such a:
rough and near-disastrous handl
ing by the Russians that it is safe
to say that they desire nothing
more than peace with the Soviet.
If Hitler should achieve that
peace the Germans would greet
the news with a shout of joy and
would be only too ready once
more to forget the fundamentals
of Nazi teaching on the subject
of the necessity of defeating bol
shevism.
Hitler is believed to be the
'only man in the Reich unscrup
ulous enough and with sufficient
“cheek” to try that and other
miracles; therefore, he is still
looked upon by the majority of
Germans as their only trump
card, and for better or worse
they must keep playing him ag
ainst the world.
How long this card is going to
remain good is another matter.
Qualified observers of the Ger
man situation thing that while a
Russian peace would enhance its
value, a defeat in Russia or even
a deadlock on that front would
turn the card from trump ace
into a common deuce, good only
for the discard.
— By George Axelsson
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