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Translated from the German, this Quality Limited Special Edition depicts the life and liberation struggle of a Germanic prince who fought one of the most important battles ever against the Roman Empire 2000 years ago.
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A little about Friends of Germany Coalition |
"I have a dream" said Martin Luther King "that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" (Martin Luther King)
Here at Friends of Germany Coalition we too have a dream: A dream that all men (and women), created equal, are treated as equal. We have a dream that one day this world, your world, will rise up from the ashes of self destruction and treat all as equal regardless of colour, creed, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality and all other distinguishing factors.
Friends of Germany is firmly committed to creating a world where all can be one: Although this website is honourably dedicated to the German people we will not shun away from our duties as members of planet earth - Therefore, where appropriate we will assist in any way possible towards the creation of a world that is safe and equal - the equal world which international human rights law provides for.
Here at Friends of Germany Coalition we hope to have, and continue to supply many items of interest as they relate to the German community throughout the world. We have pages devoted to our own news as well as news from other sources, pages dedicated to book, film, documentary, radio and website reviews as well as many pages ofd interest which relate to the conflict of the 20th century.
There are also pages devoted to human rights issues, and the internment and expulsion of many German nationals and ethnic-Germans throughout the world - from the Isle of Man internment camps and Crystal City in the USA to the expulsion of the East European Germans in which roughly 14 million innocent men, women and children were expelled and roughly 3 million, men, women and children, died as innocent people - their crime; little more than who they were.
There are also other pages on the Friends of Germany Coalition website which are devoted to the history, culture and politics of the German people, as well as German communities, media and pages dedicated to the search for those missing as a result of 20th century conflict and in memoriam of those who died, again as a result of 20th century conflict: There will be no dividing factors in who we include on these pages as we are all members of the same race - the human race. "For in death we are all equal".
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A Word of Two from Dwight D. Eisenhower, Military Governor of the US Zone of Occupation in Germany After WWII |
"The coming months will be a time of trial, with shortages of food, fuel, housing and transport. No coal will be available to heat your homes this winter. You will have to leace your homes and go out into the fields, without argument, to provide food for your-selves this winter.
These are all your problems. Their solution depends on your work. In other words,
i dont care if you starve or freeze to death
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower Chief of Staff of the US Army 1945-48
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The Million Signature Petition |
Friends of Germany Coalition is currently sponsoring the "Million Signature Petition" in memory of the 14 million expelled and roughly 3 million who were murdered as a result of frenzied retaliation after World War II.
The Million Signature Petition has been designed to draw attention to the racist and discriminatory Decrees of the President of the Republic in the Czech Republic.
Although they are more commonly known as the 'Benes Decrees' these Laws, Edicts and Decrees can be considered as the Decrees of every President of the (Czech) Republic from the end of World War II until the present day.
Their continued legal status amounts to the discrimination, racism and oppression of the former ethnic-German and Hungarian population.
By its true definition, those ethnic-Germans and Hungarians, expelled in a manner comparable with The Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide, are unable to return to their homeland.
To honour the memory of those innocent victims and sign the petition please navigate to the Million Signature Petition page on our menu-bar or sign it Here.
Friends of Germany Coalition operates a friendly Discussion Group where a whole range of issues can be discussed from the expulsion of the east-European Germans to music, culture and politics. It is possible to view a varied array of news and comments, some of which you may or may not realise falls into opposition to the stereotypical assumptions prevailing in popular culture today.
Broadly you may discuss most issues but we do ask you to be polite, respect others' opinions and feelings and refrain from making statements which may put the reader at risk of prosecution.
Please remember that the postings do not necessarily reflect the view of Friends of Germany Coalition and that you are legally responsible for your comments.

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Crystal City Internment Camp: One of Many Civilian Internment Camps in the U.S.A During WWII |
Crystal City Internment Camp was a World War II internment camp named after Crystal City, Texas, the town where it was located.
Many Japanese, German and Italian Americans as well as Hispanics were imprisoned there for not only the duration but for some years after it.
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Alien Detention Station
crystal City, Texas,
"Land of the Free" | Among the internees were many German-Jews
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Shattered Lives Shattered Dreams
The Untold Story of America's Enemy Aliens in World War II

Read The Book Review
By Douglas Brough Here
Buy it Here | and Latin-Americans kidnapped by the United States to be bartered for American prisoners of war by the American government. Their treatment was in violation of their basic human rights as Nazi's and non-Nazi's competed for dominance.
It is worth noting that many of these internees were not released at the war's end but remained incarcerated by the United States government for a number of years - truly "a poisoned peace" But perhaps the fact that
needs most recognition is the constant attemps by the former internees to have their internment recognized by the United States government, along the same lines as that
which has already been credited to
the former Japanese internees, many of whom were interned in the same camps.
To learn more about civilian internment in the United States of America click Here
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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany: A symbol of Division and Re-conciliation |
The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is a former city gate and one of the main symbols of Berlin and Germany.
It is located west of the city center at the inter-section of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße, immediately west of the Pariser Platz. It is the only remaining gate of a series through which one formerly entered Berlin. One block to the north stands the Reichstag. The gate is the monumental entry to Unter den Linden, the renowned boulevard of linden trees which formerly led directly to the city palace of the Prussian monarchs. It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peaceand built by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791. The Brandenburg Gate was restored from 2000 to 2002 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin (Berlin Monument Conservation Foundation). Today, it is considered one of Europe's most famous landmarks
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Reporting Human Rights Violations |
On occasions you may feel that your human rights may have been violated. You may also be witness to a human rights violation. In this event you are more than welcome to report them to Friends of Germany Coalition where we will assist in any way we can.
In the event that we are unable to resolve the issue we may in certain circumstances pass your details on to a third-party NGO or government agency or department. If this is the case you will be contacted before hand to
obtain your consent for such an action. You will find the link to report human rights violations just below and at the bottom of this and every page.
Should you witness human rights violations and wish to report them please click Here
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Are you an unpublished author? |
Are you an unpublished author? Have you a manuscript that is unfinished? Would a co-writer or proof-reader be of benefit?
Have you book, film or other reviews you would like to see on this website or do you have a story to tell? If so get in touch with Friends of Germany Coalition Here
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Introducing Hermann the German |
We would like to introduce Hermann the German who will pop up throughout this website: To find out more about Herman the German please click Here
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A Statue of Hermann the German |
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Did You Know that Concentration Camps Were Invented Largely by the British During the Boer War? |
Did you know that despite their ample use during World War II the concentration camp was in fact a British invention dating to the Boer War.
The picture below is of some women and children in a British-run concentration camp in South Africa (1900-1902).
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Women and Children in a British-run Concentration Camp in South Africa
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The Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Edition, defines concentration camp as;
"a camp where non-combatants of a district are accomodated, such as those instituted by Lord Kitchener during the South African war of 1899-1902, for the internment of political prisoners and foreign nationals etc.
A Concentration Camp is therefore a place which a government uses to keep people who are against that government or who it thinks are too dangerous to remain free. On occasions these are called internment camps where a large number of people are put in prison without a trial.
Those who are locked away in such a prison are not usually found guilty of a crime but may be politically against the leaders of a region, people who are of a certain race or religion or non-military prisoners of war.
To learn more about the variety of concentration camps, civilian internment camps and prisoner of war camps please click Here
You may be shocked at what you read!
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Civilian Internment in the Isle of Man During and After World War II |
The Internment camps in the united States were not the only internment camps were civilians were held. As well as the many camps throughout Europe, such as those used in the Expulsion of the East European Germans, there were many in the United Kingdom.
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Island of Barbed Wire:
The Remarkable Story of World War II Internment on the Isle of Man
By Connery Chappell

Read The Book Review By Douglas Brough Here
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One area where these camps were sited was the Isle of Man, broadly located between England and Ireland. The idea was that its island location would make it near impossible for anybody to escape
A few did try but the majority conformed to the laws of England, even carrying their guards back to the camp, rifle slung over the internees shoulder and handed in at the first opportunity after the guard had suffered an appendicitis.
But civilian internment wasn't only a British idea as the Americans and many European countries interned innocent civilians as well. To learn more about civilian internment in the UK click Here |
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Prisoner of War Camps in the United Kingdom During World War II |
In 1939 there were just two Prisoner of war camps in Britain. By the end of the war; there were more than 600.
Each camp was given a number and was either a disused building - factory, college, hotel etc, or was a specially constructed building known as a Nissen hut. A typical Nissen hut made of corrugated iron is pictured below.

A Typical Nissen Hut |
Although there were German prisoners of war in Britain from 1939, Britain was reluctant to accept large numbers of German prisoners of war until there was no longer a threat of a German invasion of Britain. Prior to the successful allied defeat of Germany in Africa in 1943, the majority of German prisoners of war were sent to camps in Canada and the US.
However, after the allied invasion of Western Europe, known as D-Day, 6th June 1944, captured German soldiers were transported to Britain. Those who were Luftwaffe pilots or who were suspected of having knowledge of German military plans, were taken for interrogation before being sent to a camp. Strong Nazi supporters and members of the SS were sent to remote camps such as in the Scottish Highlands.

The Location of Prisoner of War Camps in the UK during World War II. Note the Isle of Man Internment Camps, located between England and Ireland are not specified as very few prisoners of war where interned there. |
The terms of the Geneva Convention stipulated that prisoners of war should not be forced to work while in captivity. However, given the choice, many German prisoners of war chose to work rather than sit around the camp doing nothing. Those that chose to worked on farms - harvesting, digging ditches or repairing fences, in the construction industry - rebuilding homes damaged by bombing, or clearing bomb damage.
There were also activities within the camp such as lectures, concerts and English lessons, football and other sports. The range of alternative activities such as these varied from camp to camp.
German prisoners of war were allocated the same food ration as British servicemen and given access to medical care. However, although they were relatively well looked after many German prisoners of war suffered mentally. They had no information about their families, the state of their country or when they would be released.
At the end of the war. prisoners were subjected to a re-education programme designed to equip them for life in the new Germany. Prisoners were also assessed with regard to continuing loyalty to Nazi ideals. Those that showed continuing loyalty remained in captivity. The first German prisoners of war returned to their homes in 1946, the last in 1949.
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Somebody Recently Said to me..... |
I was recently talking to somebody about German history and the inevitable question of collective guilt and the Holocaust came into the conversation. It was an interesting conversation but what surprised me was that she felt guilty; not because of something she had done but because of what her father had allegedly done. What surprised me further is that she said that she didnt know that much about her father and what he did or didn't do during the Second World War.
So why do the German people exist within the realm of self-guilt? Why do they accept the responsibility for the alleged crimes of their ancestors, especially when they don't have the facts to hand? A good question indeed? Do you have an answer or do you at least want to attempt to explain this sad state of affairs? If so drop us a line Here. |
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Expulsion of the East & Central European Germans - Vertreibung |
Towards the end and in the aftermath of World War II, most of the German population fled or was expelled from areas outside the territory of post-war Germany and post-war Austria, including:
- Pre-war German provinces transferred to Poland and the Soviet Union after the war (East Brandenburg, East Prussia and most of Powerania and Silesia etc).
- Czechoslovakia re-created from pre-war Czechoslovakian areas occupied during the war and the Sudetenland annexed by the Third Reich during the war.
- Pre-war Polish areas annexed or occupied by the Third Reich during the war.
- Hungary, Romania, northern Yugoslavia (mainly the Vojvodina region) and other states of Central and Eastern Europe.
The majority of the flights and expulsions occured from the former eastern territories of Germany transfered to post-war Poland and the Soviet Union and from the area now known as the Czech and Slovak Republics which was at the time Czechoslovakia. Most of the expellees who survived were taken to the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany and Austria. With at least 13-14 million ethnic-Germans involved as well as the Hungarians and others deemed as an enemy, displacing in total about 20 million people. It was the largest movement of any European people in modern history but remains to this day one of the least known about. The events have usually been classified as population transfer or as ethnic cleansing: R. J Rummel has classified these horrendous events as democide whilst others, incluyding Friends of Germany Coalition consider it as nothing short of genocide.
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Some Czech Victims of the Expulsion | The Policy of Genocide was part of the geopolitical and ethnic reconfiguration of post-war Europe, and in part retribution for the Third Reich's initiation of the war and the alleged atroceties and ethnic-cleansings of Nazi-occupied Europe. The Allied leaders of the United States, United Kingdom and USSR had agreed in general before the end of the war that Poland's border would be shifted west and the remaining population expelled, and assured the leaders of the emigre governments of Poland and Czechoslovakia who were both occupied by Third Reich armed forces, accordingly.
The displacements occured in three overlapping phases: The first of which was the spontaneous flight and evacuation of the German people in the face of the advancing Red Army from mid-1944 to early 1945. The second phase was the disorganized expulsion of the German people immediately following the Wehrmacht's defeat. The third phase was considered by some as a more organized expulsion following the Allied leaders' Potsdam Agreement which redefined the Central European administrative borders and allegedly legitimized "orderly" and "humane" expulsions of Germans from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. This in its reality couldn't be further than the truth as the forced expulsion/genocide of a human race can never be done in an orderly and humane manner - history by anybodies standards has proved this time and time again.
A note about alleged atroceties: There is so much propaganda circulating in relation to World War II that Friends of Germany Coalition has
Voices of Loss and Courage: German Women Recount Their Expulsion From East Central Europe, 1944-1950
Read The Book Review By Douglas Brough Here
Buy it Here | adopted a policy of proof: We don't deny that these events may indeed have happened on an unprecedented scale and that a great many people died unspeakable deaths but when it comes to specific facts we seek the proof that this event did indeed occur. We don't deny the Holocaust but we do demand answers regarding how it happened - where, when, why, how many, etc etc. Given that international human rights law guarentees free speech, freedom of opinion and the freedom to publish information it is unfortunate that the law has been manipulated to such a point that we have to make this declaration. Many Germans were also sent to internment and labour camps such as those in Siberia where a great many froze to death, and Eisenhower's Death Camps on the Rhine.
The major expulsions were complete by 1950, the year the German Expellees signed a declaration renouncing violence and retaliation. As a result of the expulsions the total number of ethnic-Germans still living in Eastern Europe stood at around 2.6 million, somewhere near about 13 per cent of the original pre-war total. The exact number of casualties remains to be known, indeed it may never be possible to confirm it completely........but a million signatures, thats a million people, goes a long way in restoring faith in humanity.
It has been said by various people whose intelligence i would have thought made them know better, that they deserved it - they caused World War II so they deserved a taste of the hardship they inflicted upon others. But who is 'they'? Some were involved in the war; there is no doubt about that but it is wrong to accuse all for the crimes of, in comparrioson, the few. Two wrongs never make a right .
To find out more about the Expulsion of the East European Germans please click Here
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A Question of Free Speech
The German Penal Code |
The German Penal Code suspends the rights to free speech as recognised in such international legislation as the European Convention of Human Rights and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
However, we pose this rhetorical question: Is free speech really free unless it is given to someone whose opinions we/you may not agree with?
In Germany, Volksverhetzung ("incitement of the people") is a concept in German criminal law that bans the incitement of hatred against a segment of the population. It often applies in (although is not limited to) trials relating to Holocaust denial in Germany.
In addition, Strafgesetzbuch § 86a outlaws various symbols of "unconstitutional organisations", such as the Swastika and the SS runes.
§ 130 Public Incitement (1985, Revised 1992, 2002, 2005)
(1) Whoever, in a manner that is capable of disturbing the public peace:
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incites hatred against segments of the population or calls for violent or arbitrary measures against them; or
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assaults the human dignity of others by insulting, maliciously maligning, or defaming segments of the population,
shall be punished with imprisonment from three months to five years.
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(3) Whoever publicly or in a meeting approves of, denies or belittles an act committed under the rule of National Socialism of the type indicated in Section 6 subsection (1) of the Code of Crimes against International Law, in a manner capable of disturbing the public peace shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine.
(4) Whoever publicly or in a meeting disturbes the public peace in a manner that assaults the human dignity of the victims by approving of, denying or rendering harmless the violent and arbitrary National Socialist rule shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine.
Other countries also criminalise Free Speech: These include Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Switzerland.
Find out more about the rights contained in international human rights legislation Here |
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The Inevitability of Discussing the Holocaust |
It is unfortunate that a situation exists where every time German history is discussed the Holocaust crops up: It is almost as though the German people can not, or are not allowed to forget it and move
on with their lives. That is not to suggest that the Holocaust should be forgotten; indeed it should be studied and we should learn its lessons in an effort to prevent anything of a similar nature occuring in the future.
It should also be noted that we in no way seek to decrease the suffering of those millions of people murdered in a state sponsored orgy of violence.
it should be noted that the Holocaust was not the only case of genocide or ethnic cleansing in the 20th century: There was the Armenian genocide, Stalin's continual murder of his own people and the Expulsion of the East European Germans which although the word 'expulsion' is used, it also led to the death od millions of men, 'women' and 'children' - women and children who were blamed for the actions of the Third Reich but whom could not possibly have had any effect upon the operation of the Nazi hierarchy.
But to return to the Holocaust, there is no denying that millions of Jews, Homosexuals, Roma, the Disabled and other so-called enemy's of the Nazi state were murdered. But the problem lies in scholarly interpretation and investigation.
The six million figure is the state sponsored total number of deaths confirmed by the German government but there are various other figures available, some as low as 200,000 and others as high as 9, 000, 000. It is important to remember that there was a great deal of suffering involved and we do not in any way seek to demean the suffering of a) the victims themselves, and b) the victims loved ones.
But we must be able to challenge, investigate and interpret the findings of others; this must include the right to say "you are wrong - i disagree, lets look at these facts again". Unfortunately, Germany operates a system of Europe-wide arrest warrants which means that in its reality i can dispute the figures, be arrested and hauled off to a foreign country to face prosecution for exercising my right to free speech.
This has been brought about by sociity's cultural refusal to learn the lessons of history regarding the concept of collective guilt: There are a few so-called Neo-Nazi groups throughout the world who still believe in violence, intimidation and the persecution of the Jews, though it has to be said that this doesn't apply to all of them, yet all those who believe in free speech, free investigation and the freedom to disseminate information in a proper, scholarly and curteous manner seem to be labelled as one.
This is wrong. Where there are those who break the law in the name of National socialism then let then have their day in court because without the rule of law we are far from a civilized nation or union. But those who challenge history, discuss and disseminate their findings and who want to learn the lessons of history should not have to face a legal prosecution just because they don't agree with their democratically elected government.
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The Communist Plaque outside Auschwitz which claims 4 Million died before the figure was lowered |
Prior to the fall of the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall the plaque outside Auschwitz Concentration Camp said of the four million that allegedly died as a result of their internment in Auschwitz.
However, after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the grip Communism had on Poland subsided the numbers were changed. The number was lowered quite drastically to one million jews and then another half a million others, such as homosexuals, the disabled and the Roma (etc).
This makes 1.5 million as opposed to the four million previously cited. Many were prosecuted for questioning the Holocaust before these figures changed: Are their convictions now safe or are they mis-carriages of justice?
For more about the Holocaust Click Here
For more about the Expulsion Click Here |
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Picture Palace:
Showcase Your Pictures on Friends of Germany Coalition |
You are invited to submit your pictures to Friends of Germany Coalition for inclusion in this website.
The pictures can be as abstract or serious as you choose: The only thing we ask is that it has something to do with Germany and/or the German people throughout the world.
Send us your pictures Here.
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Allied Knowledge of
The Holocaust
Yes they knew but decieded they couldn't spare the bombs despite bombing targets only a mile or so away |
Pilecki's first report was smuggled outside in November 1940. He eventually escaped on April 27, 1943, but even his personal report of mass killings was dismissed as exaggeration by the Allies, as were his previous ones.
This changed with receipt of the very detailed report of two prisoners, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler who escaped on April 7, 1944, which finally convinced most Allied leaders of the truth about Auschwitz in the middle of 1944.
Detailed air reconnaissance photographs of the camp were taken accidentally during 1944 by aircraft seeking to photograph nearby military-industrial targets, but no effort was made to analyze them. In fact, it was not until the 1970s that these photographs of Auschwitz were looked at carefully.
Starting with a plea from the Slovakian rabbi Weissmandl in May 1944, there was a growing campaign to persuade the Allies to bomb Auschwitz or the railway lines leading to it.
It is alleged that at one point Winston Churchill ordered that such a plan be prepared, but he was told that bombing the camp would most likely kill prisoners without disrupting the killing operation, and that bombing the railway lines was not technically feasible.
Later several nearby military targets were bombed. One bomb accidentally fell into the camp and killed some prisoners. The debate over what could have been done, or what should have been attempted even if success was unlikely, has continued heatedly ever since.
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Charter of the German Expellees 1950 |
The Charter of the German Expellees was signed in 1950, only a few years after the end of World War II.
But it still wasn't a time of peace as millions were being expelled, interned and in many cases murdered.
Given the knowledge of the atroceties inflicted upon the German people in Eastern Europe and the fact that the great majority had nothing to do with the war, Friends of Germany Coalition acknowledges this historical document with the respect that it, and they deserve.
For more about the German Expellee statement Click Here
For more information about the Expulsion of the East European Germans Click Here
For more information about civilian internment click Here
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"All that is necessary for the rise of evil is for good men to do nothing"
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Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, Wanted to 'Drench' Germany with Poison Gas |
In a secret wartime memorandum, Winston Churchill told his advisers that he wanted to "drench" Germany with poison gas. Churchill's July 1944 memo to his chief of staff Gen. Hastings Ismay was reproduced in the August-September 1985 issue of American Heritage magazine.
"I you to think very seriously over this question of poison gas," the four-page note began. Britain's wartime leader continued: "It is absurd to consider morality on this topic when everybody used it [gas] in the last war without a word of complaint from the moralists or the Church. On the other hand, in the last war the bombing of open cities was regarded as forbidden. Now everybody does it as a matter of course. It is simply a question of fashion changing as she does between long and short skirts for women."
Churchill's directive bluntly stated: "I want a cold-blooded calculation made as to how it would pay to use poison gas ... One really must not be bound within silly conventions of the mind whether they be those that ruled in the last war or those in reverse which rule in this." Specifically he proposed: "We could drench the cities of the Ruhr and many other cities in Germany in such a way that most of the population would be requiring constant medical attention ... It may be several weeks or even months before I shall ask you to drench Germany with poison gas, and if we do it, let us do it one hundred per cent. In the meantime, I want the matter studied in cold blood by sensible people and not by the particular set of psalm-singing uniformed defeatists which one runs across now here now here now there."
Churchill's proposal, which would have meant violating the 1925 Geneva Protocol outlawing the use of poison gas, was never adopted. His military advisers argued that gas warfare would divert Allied war planes from the more effective strategy of bombing Germany's industries and cities. Gas attacks would not be decisive, they feared, and Germany would very probably retaliate with devastating effect against Britain. Churchill complained to an associate that he was "not at all convinced by this negative report," but he reluctantly gave in. "Clearly I cannot make head against the parsons and the warriors at the same time," he complained in private.
The American Heritage article, written by Stanford University history professor Barton J. Bernstein, also reported that top American military officials urged the U.S. to begin gas warfare against Japan. Maj. Gen. William N. Porter, chief of the Chemical Warfare Service, pleaded in mid-December 1943 with U.S. Army superiors to initiate gas warfare against the Japanese, and on several occasions in 1945 Gen. George C. Marshall, U.S. Army chief of staff, urged using gas in the Pacific. There was some popular support for this view. The New York Daily News declared "We Should Gas Japan," and Washington Times-Herald agreed, explaining "You Can Cook `Em Better with Gas." But this was a minority view. About 75 percent of Americans reportedly opposed initiating gas warfare. After the war Gen. Marshall said that the main reason that gas wasn't used was opposition from the British, who feared that a desperate German might then use it in Europe. By Mark Weber, Institute For Historical Review - Visit their website Here. |
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