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1.09.39, Berlin.
This is a counteroffensive! Hitler attacked Poland at dawn this morning. This is a blatant, unjustified, unprovoked act of aggression. But Hitler and the high command call it a "counteroffensive" ..

"1.09.39, Berlin.
The isolation from the outside world, which one feels on such a night, will intensify even more, because in the evening a decree was issued prohibiting listening to foreign radio stations. Is anyone afraid of the truth? Nothing surprising."

"4.09.39, Berlin.
During the night I heard about the sinking of the Athenia. with 1400 passengers, among them were 240 Americans. The British claimed that this was done by a German submarine. The Germans stubbornly deny it, but the German press is strictly forbidden to mention the incident until tomorrow."

"09/07/39, Berlin.
Today there was a lot of talk about the world! There is an opinion that after the victory of Germany over Poland, Hitler will offer peace to the West ... ".

"9.09.39, Berlin.
Goering spoke on the radio today. He warned the people that the war could be long. Threatened Britain and France with terrible retribution if they bombed Germany. He stated that 70 divisions would be released within a week to continue their service anywhere.

"11.09.39, Berlin.
Classic newspaper headline: .POLES BOMB WARSAW!. The press is full of fantastic inventions. The last one is about how 2 British agents organized the massacre of the Germans in Bromberg ... "

"09/14/39, Berlin.
The new statement says that as long as the Polish civilian population stubbornly resists the German army in the cities, Germany will use any means to destroy them, especially aerial bombardment and heavy artillery shelling.

"09/17/39, Berlin.
If Warsaw does not capitulate, this means that one of the largest cities in Europe will be destroyed along with most of the people living in it. The Germans say that it is the Poles who are violating international law by forcing the civilian population to defend the capital."

"1.09.39, Berlin.
The isolation from the outside world, which one feels on such a night, will intensify even more, because in the evening a decree was issued prohibiting listening to foreign radio stations. Is anyone afraid of the truth? Nothing surprising."

"09/20/39, Berlin.
Any moralizing of the rest of the world about the aggression against Poland almost does not evoke a response from the population. As long as the Germans are lucky and don't have to tighten their belts too much, this war will not become unpopular."

"09/30/39, Berlin.
Today, talking about the world comes first. The Germans are sure of him, and one of the secretaries of the Soviet embassy told me today that Moscow is also sure. He declared that London and Paris would now seize this opportunity to make peace."

"4.10.39, Berlin.
"Excerpts from today's press: headline in red on front page in .12-Uhr Blatt.: .England responsible for Warsaw's outrageous provocation of resistance."

"28.10.39, Berlin.
From business people, I heard that from next month there will be strict regulations on the purchase of clothes. The fact is that, having no cotton at all and almost no wool, the German people will be forced to make do with the clothes that they have until the end of the war.

"27.01.40, Berlin.
Strange war. Reports from the front only report how German machine guns are fighting French loudspeakers! The French are transmitting some records along the Rhine front, which, according to the Germans, are in the nature of a personal insult to the Fuhrer.

"4.02.40. Berlin.
The mother of a German pilot received a notice that her son was missing. A couple of days later, the BBC, which broadcasts daily lists of German prisoners of war from London, reported that her son was in captivity. The next day, she received eight letters from friends and acquaintances who heard that her son was alive and in captivity. After that, the story takes a bad turn. The mother reported all eight to the police, saying that they were listening to English radio, and they were arrested.