The individual, as well as the nation, can renounce only those things which are not vital." There you have German character stripped to the bone. A German cannot renounce vital things, but he expects the other fellow to. Hitler this afternoon addressed the members of the Reichstag in the Chancellery, though it was not a regular session. No report of his speech available. A DNB communiqué merely says the Führer "outlined the gravity of the situation." This is the first time the German people have been told by Hitler that the "situation is grave.
( William L. Shirer )
[ Berlin Diary: The Journal of a ]
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