Issued by Reichspropagandaleitung (1937-1944)
“Great men are the realization of the wishes of their people. Hans Schemm.”
(28 October - 3 November 1937).
“One dies not for business, but rather only for ideals. Adolf Hitler.” (25
November - 1 December 1937)
“Moral is what furthers the maintenance of the German people; immoral is
that which works against it.” Walter Darré.” (2 - 8 December 1937)
“One is not born a socialist, one must be raised to be one. Adolf Hitler.”
(9 - 15 December 1937)
“The fatherland is a religion. Ernst Juenger.” (16 - 22 December 1937)
“Holy ground is everywhere that is defended by Germans. Alfred Rosenberg.”
(23 - 31 December 1937)
“Loyalty in feeling means absolute obedience. Rudolf Hess.” (31 January - 6
February 1938)
“Only the size of the sacrifice will reveal the greatness of the victory.
What is easily achieved will be easily forgotten. Adolf Hitler.†(21 - 27 March 1938)
“The nature of the German spirit is that it builds from within. Richard
Wagner.” (11 - 17 April 1938)
“What
we are we have done ourselves. Adolf Hitler.” (1 - 7 January 1939)
“He who has faith in his heart has the greatest strength in the world.
Adolf Hitler.” (8 - 14 January 1939).
“No one can expect the coming generation to make up for the failures of the
present one. Dr. Goebbels.” (15 - 21 January 1939)
“Great men are the realization of the wishes of their people. Hans Schemm.”
(22 - 28 January 1939)
“Only the nation that upholds its honor is capable of enduring as time
passes. Germany will endure — Thanks to the Führer. Rudolf Heß.” (29 January -
4 February 1939)
“Loyalty
is a matter of the heart, never of the intellect. Heinrich Himmler.” (5
- 11 February 1939)
“Accomplishment alone differentiates one person from another. Robert Ley.”
(12 - 18 February 1939)
“Let no bell toll more deeply around us all than the word ‘people’ (Volk)! Walter Flex.” (19 - 25 February 1939) [Two versions: one horizontal, the other vertical]
“Let no bell toll more deeply around us all than the word ‘people’ (Volk)! Walter Flex.” (19 - 25 February 1939) [Two versions: one horizontal, the other vertical]
“God is always with the strongest battalions. Frederick the Great.” (19 -
25 February 1939)
“Together we are everything, as individuals nothing. Adolf Hitler.” (26
February - 4 March 1939)
“As long as an enemy stands on Germany’s soil, hate is my duty and my
virtue vengeance! Henrich von Kleist.” (5 - 11 March 1939) [Two versions:
one horizontal, the other vertical]
“Heroes’
Commemoration Day 1939—Forward over the graves!” (12 - 18 March 1939)
“God created the peoples—and what God united, men should never separate.
Adolf Hitler.” (19 - 25 March 1939) [Two versions: one horizontal, the
other vertical]
“To gain heaven, you must be a true fighter! Emanuel Geibel.” (26 March - 1
April 1939)
“One
must demand the impossible to accomplish the possible. Helmuth von
Moltke.” (2 - 8 April 1939)
“Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche.” (9 -
15 April 1939) [Two versions: one horizontal, the other vertical]
A
picture of Adolf Hitler on the occasion of his birthday. (16 - 22 April
1939)
“Cowardly statesmanship has always led to disaster. Otto von Bismarck.” (23
- 29 April 1939)
“No
coward defends freedom. Adolf Hitler on 16 September 1936.” (30 April -
6 May 1939)
“The great man precedes his time; the wise man adjusts to it in all its
ways: the clever man takes full advantage of it; the dullard opposes it. Ernst
Moritz Arndt.” (7 - 13 May 1939) [Two versions: one with a blue
background, the other light yellow]
“There
are years in the lives of nations that bring decisions over life and death for
the coming centuries. Adolf Hitler on 7 February 1934.” (14 - 20 May
1939)
“Work dignifies woman as well as man. The child, however, ennobles the
mother. Adolf Hitler.” (21 - 27 May 1939)
“He
who remains uninvolved and dispassionate at times of great patriotic battles
does not deserve to experience them. Heinreich von Treitschke.” (28 May
- 3 June 1939)
“A nation’s fate rests only in its own strength. Moltke.” (4 - 10 June
1939)
“With a handful of fanatics, one can make a whole people into heroes at
the decisive hour.†(4 - 10 June 1939)
“Gautag 1939. Westmark: Bulwark of heart and mind.” (4 - 10 June
1939)
“With a handful of fanatics, one can make heroes of a whole people at the
decisive hour. Gauleiter Uiberreither.†(4 - 10 June 1939)
“Industry
and labor alone do not create life unless they are joined with the strength and
will of a people. Adolf Hitler.” (11 - 17 June 1939)
“Let that which must die sink and rot. What has strength and light will
rise and blaze. Gerhard Schumann.” (18 - 24 June 1939)
“All
the blows of fate can be borne if there is a healthy peasantry. Adolf
Hitler on 5 April 1933.” (25 June - 1 July 1939)
“Believing in Germany, we will master fate. Adolf Hitler.” (2 - 8 July
1939)
“Ours
was the faith — Ours is the will. Adolf Hitler.” (9 - 15 July 1939)
“Only when I create am I completely myself. Richard Wagner.” (16 - 22 July
1939). On the occasion of the opening of the Bayreuth Festival, 1939.
“To
obey the laws of life is to understand a great destiny. Alfred
Rosenberg.” (23 - 29 July 1939)
“The nation is something greater than a profession, ancestry, class, and
occupation. Adolf Hitler.” (30 July - 5 August 1939)
“The fate of peoples can be changed only by a storm of passion. Adolf
Hitler.” (6 - 12 August 1939)
“The freedom of our people stands above the freedom of the individual.
Adolf Hitler” (13 - 19 August 1939)
“Germany is where the strong hearts are. Ulrich von Hutten.” (20 - 26
August 1939)
“There is no socialism that does not apply to one’s own people. Adolf
Hitler.” (27 August - 2 September 1939)
“I fight with my people for undoing an injustice, and the others are
fighting to maintain it. Adolf Hitler, 27 August 1939.” (3 - 9 September 1939)
“I do not believe in any right that is not protected by force. Adolf Hitler
in Kempten on 30 July 1932.” (10 - 16 September 1939)
“God gives us nuts, but he does not crack them for us. Goethe.” (17 - 23
September 1939)
“We are mortal, but Germany must live! Adolf Hitler.” (24 - 30 September
1939)
“The sacrifice demanded of us is no greater than that made by many previous
generations. Adolf Hitler.” (1 - 7 October 1939)
“If the soldier fights at the front, no one should make money from war. If
the soldier falls at the front, no one back home should shirk his duty. Adolf
Hitler.” (8 - 14 October 1939)
“I also expect the German woman to exemplify the most extreme discipline in
this great fighting community! Adolf Hitler before the German Reichstag on 1
September 1939.” (15 - 21 October 1939)
“Behind the front stands the homeland, ready to give all that it is able to
give in order to make easier the fearsome work of the soldiers before the
enemy, before death. Herman Göring.” (22 - 28 October 1939)
“He who defends his rights will in the end receive his rights. Adolf
Hitler.” (29 October - 4 November 1939)
“All
the nations that fought in the World War honor an unknown soldier. In Paris, he
rests under the Arc of Triumph. In London, he rests under the black marble of
Westminster Abbey. But in Berlin, he dwells in the Reich Chancellery! Germany is
the only nation in which the unknown soldier is not dead, but rather lives!
Fredrik Böök, Swedish university Professor.” (5 - 11 November 1939)
“If
I demand sacrifice from the German people, even to the utmost, I have the right
to do so, for I am just as ready today as I was in the past to make any
personal sacrifice! Adolf Hitler.” (12 - 18 November 1939)
“If our will is so strong that no force can overcome it, then our will and
our German state will overcome any obstacle and be victorious. Adolf Hitler to
the German Reichstag on 1 September 1939.” (19 - 25 November 1939)
“I will wage this battle, no matter how long it takes, until the Reich and
its rights are secure. The Führer on 1 September 1939).” (26 November - 2
December 1939)
“United in faith, united in battle, united in duty! 1939.” (3 - 9 December
1939)
“Today’s Germany is determined to defend its borders and to guarantee its
living space. Adolf Hitler at the Bürgerbräukeller on 8 November 1939.” (10 -
16 December 1939)
“We are fighting for the security of our people and for our living space.
Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939 at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich.” (17 - 23
December 1939)
“He who fails is defeated! He who believes wins! We believe! Walter
Respondek” (24 - 30 December 1939)
“He who fails is defeated! He who believes triumphs! We believe! Werner
Respondek.” (24 - 30 December 1939)
“This time, no power on earth will defeat Germany. Adolf Hitler.” (31 December
1939 - 6 January 1940).
“National
Socialism is the guarantee of victory.” [I’m
not certain of the exact date of this one. It is reproduced in the
January/February 1940 issue of the Gauring newsletter for Moselland,
which places it early in the war.]
“Nothing is impossible for the German people. Hermann Göring on 24.3.37.”
(7 - 13 January 1940)
“We
want to raise a hard generation that is strong, reliable, loyal, obedient, and
decent. Adolf Hitler on 16.9.35.” (14 - 20 January 1940)
“The German people will not fragment in this struggle, but become ever
stronger. Adolf Hitler.” (21 - 27 January 1940)
“We are fighting for a right to live, without which we cannot exist in the
long run. Adolf Hitler on 30 January 1939.” (28 January - 3 February 1940)
“Each people has the right to protect its life on this earth. Adolf Hitler
on 30 January 1939.” (4 - 10 February 1939).
“Sure nerves and iron determination are the best guarantee of success in
the world. Adolf Hitler on 5 September 1934.” (11 - 17 February 1940).
“It
is not enough merely to say I believe. Rather one must swear: I will fight.
Adolf Hitler.” (18 - 24 February 1940).
“I believe and affirm that there is no higher goal for a people than to
defend its dignity and freedom. Karl von Clausewitz.” (25 February - 2 March
1940).
“Only
one can win, and that will be us. Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939. (3 - 9 March 1940)
“Nothing is so integral to our existence as freedom. Frederick the Great.”
(10 - 16 March 1940)
“Only that people is free that is strong enough to defend its freedom.
Helmut von Moltke.” (17 - 23 March 1940)
“Loyalty, sacrifice, and silence are virtues a great people needs. Adolf
Hitler in Mein Kampf.” (24 - 30 March 1940).
“As we are born without chains, so we wish to live freely. Frederick the
Great.” (31 March - 6 April 1940).
“The eternal pessimists and complainers have never rescued a people, but
they have ruined numerous peoples, states, and kingdoms. Adolf Hitler on 21
March 1934.” (7 - 13 April 1940).
“What we possess today is entirely unimportant. What matters is only that
Germany wins. Adolf Hitler.” (14 - 20 April 1940).
“I have but one drive — namely to win and hold the love and appreciation of
my own people’s comrades. Adolf Hitler.” (21 - 27 April 1940).
“The war forced on the Greater German Reich by the capitalist powers of
France and England must lead to the most glorious victory in German history.
Adolf Hitler” (28 April - 4 May 1940)
“I wish to be honorable to the past and to the future, and in this honor,
stand with the German people. Adolf Hitler.” (5 - 11 May 1940)
“We join in the prayer of a great German: ‘And though the world were filled
with devils, we must still succeed.’ Adolf Hitler.” (12 - 18 May 1940)
“The
German people hears but one command. What happened in November 1918 will never,
never be repeated. Dr. Goebbels.” (19 - 25 May 1940)
“Germany will live and therefore Germany will triumph. Adolf Hitler.” (26
May - 1 June 1940)
“The more willingly and firmly we accept every sacrifice, the more certain
will be the peace for which our people strives. Adolf Hitler.” (2 - 8 June
1940)
“The
war exists because England wanted it. Adolf Hitler.” (9 - 15 June 1940)
“The Führer has called us; now we will all come and bring our sacrifice.
Dr. Goebbels in Berlin on 17 April 1940.” (16 - 22 June 1940)
“Stand watch, comrade, do your duty, remain loyal, comrade, and do not
doubt. Be brave, comrade, and fight for the victory, comrade, that is ours.
Paul Eigendorf, War Year 1940.” (23 - 29 June 1940)
“Neither the German people nor I have sworn to accept the Treaty of
Versailles. I am sworn only to the welfare of my people, whose representative I
am. Adolf Hitler.” (30 June - 6 July 1940)
“Germany’s unity today has been forged in the fire of powerful events.
Hermann Göring.” (7 - 13 July 1940)
“Come
what may, clench one’s teeth, keep a clear head, and march forward. Adolf
Hitler. (14 - 20 July 1940)
[From this date issues are numbered.]
“One
frees peoples not through inaction, but rather through sacrifice! Adolf Hitler.” (#31, 28 July - 3 August 1940)
“There can be no other way: we must win and we will win! Adolf Hitler.”
(#32, 4 - 10 August 1940)
“Each state that loves its honor and its freedom must realize that its
peace and security depend on its own sword. Bismarck.” (#33, 11 - 17 August
1940)
“We do not break forth in jubilation when our armies are victorious. We do
not fly the colorful flags in a mood of exaltation. We stay silent. In quiet
pride we remember the deeds, and our whole concern rests only with our
soldiers. Alexander Heberlein.” (#34, 18 - 24 August 1940)
“The result of our general sacrifice will be the freedom and greatness of
our fatherland. Dr. Goebbels.” (#35, 25 - 31 August 1940)
“The highest religion is to leave to one’s descendents an honorable name, a
free land, and a sense of pride. Enrst Moritz Arndt.” (#36, 1 - 7 September
1940)
“The age is yours, and what it will become, it will become through you.
Clausewitz.” (#37, 8 - 14 September 1940)
“The highest religion is to win or die for justice and truth. Ernst Moritz
Arndt.” (#38, 15 - 21 September 1940)
“Dem Ruhnen allein ist das Gluck hold. Clausewitz.” (#39, 22 - 28 September
1940)
Heroism is necessary not only on the battlefield, but also in the soil of
the homeland. Adolf Hitler.” (#40, 29 September - 5 October 1940)
“The
peasantry is the life source of the people. Walter Darré.” #41, (6 - 12
October 1940)
“He who complains and mutters wears the face of defeat. He who risks life
rises to the light of the sun. Georg Stammler.” (#42, 13 - 19 October 1940)
“Better to sacrifice life than loyalty.” (#43, 20 - 26 October 1940)
“He who is not willing to share the need and death of his people is also
unworthy to life with it. Jean Paul.” (#44, 27 October - 2 November 1940)
“He who wins will be the one with the stronger faith!” (#45, 3 - 9 November
1940)
“We may be proud of our great men only as long as they do not need to be
ashamed of us. v. Clausewitz.” (#46, 10 - 16 November 1940)
“A man is only he who defends himself as a man. Adolf Hitler.” (#47, 17 -
23 November 1940)
“The
word of the Führer is for us Germans a command.” (#48, 24 - 30 November
1940)
“The best way to honor those who died for the fatherland is for us to live
for the fatherland. Peter Rosegger.” (#49, 1 - 7 December 1940)
“Everything
great in the world has been accomplished through loyalty! von
Schirach.” (#50, 8 - 14 December 1940)
“To
believe in the Führer is to believe in victory.” (#51, 15 - 21 December
1940)
“The Führer commands: Believe, obey, and fight!” (#52, 22 - 28 December
1940)
“The Führer acts when the time is ripe!” (#53, 29 December 1940 - 4 January
1941)
“There
are times when it is the greatest wisdom to take the greatest risks.
Clausewitz.” (#2, 5 - 11 January 1941)
“Adolf Hitler says: We are born to fight because we come from the fight!”
(#3, 12 - 18 January 1941)
“The
Führer says: Above all of us stands the great command: You must do your duty in
the service of your people!” (#4, 19 - 25 January 1941)
“Without blood, no life; without sacrifice, no liberty!” (#6, 2 - 8
February1941)
“However desirable a quick determination of the war may be, we must not
sacrifice the fate of the war to this purpose nor even endanger it. Gneisenau.”
(#7, 9 - 15 February 1941). There is a Gau Sachsen version with the same
date and text.
“The
Führer is always right.” (#8, 16 - 22 February 1941)
“Light
- Life - Struggle - Victory. What can happen to a people whose youth is willing
to give up everything to serve its great ideals.” (#9, 23 February - 1
March 1941)
“Only a strong government can insure peace. Peaceful assurances of our
neighbors are certainly very valuable, but security is only found through
ourselves. Moltke.” (#10, 2 - 8 March 1941)
“No task is so big that it could not be accomplished by a German! Göring.”
(#11, 9 - 15 March 1941)
“Sacrifices
created the Greater German Empire. Through sacrifices it will be made eternal.”
(#12, 16 - 22 March 1941)
“The world must realize that Germany will never be defeated, neither
militarily, nor over time, nor economically. Adolf Hitler.” (#13, 23 - 29 March
1941)
“Not by treaties or binding agreements, but exclusively by force, has
England put together her enormous empire. Adolf Hitler.” (#14, 30 March - 5
April 1941)
“Germany
is where valiant hearts are. Ulrich von Hutten.” (#15, 6 - 12 April
1941)
“When this war has been over, a great work will begin in Germany, a great
‘Awake’ will be heard throughout the German lands. Adolf Hitler.” (#16, 13 - 19
April 1941)
“On the Führer’s birthday: ‘The strength of the nations rests with the
great men who are born to them at the right hour.’ Frederick the Great.” (#17,
20 - 26 April 1941)
“To
help to defend and finish the Führer’s enormous work is the happiest task and
highest duty of all Germans. Hermann Göring.” (#18, 27 April - 3 May
1941)
“No
one can get past the German soldier. Adolf Hitler.” (#19, 4 - 10 May
1941)
“In this war it is not luck, but rather justice that will finally prevail.
Adolf Hitler.” (#20, 11 - 17 May 1941)
“The
woman, too, has her battlefield: With each child that she brings into the world
for the nation, she fights her battle for the nation. Adolf Hitler.”
(#21, 18 - 24 May 1941)
“Be what you want, but whatever you are, have the courage to be it
completely. Albert Leo Schlageter.” (#22, 25 - 31 May 1941)
“Heroes have created your empire. Preserve it in such a way that the glory
of your fathers does not become your shame. Frederick the Great.” (#23, 1 - 7
June 1941)
“True socialism, however, is the doctrine of the strictest performance of
duty.” (#24, 8 - 14 June 1941)
“You should act as if the responsibility for the fate of everything German
was dependent on you and your actions. Johann Gottlieb Fichte.” (#25, 15 - 21
June 1941)
“This highest duty of the German people, with respect to the fighting
front, is to do everything necessary to give them the weapons they need. Adolf
Hitler.” (#26, 22 - 28 June 1941)
“It will be a difficult year, but one must stay alert, and each who honors
and loves the fatherland must give his all. Frederick the Great.” (#27, 29 June
- 5 July 1941)
“We want to plant our feet firmly in our soil and never be defeated by any
attack. You will stand by me, should that hour ever come. You will stand by my
side, and behind me, and hold our flags high! Our old foe may seek to attack
us, to rise once more. He may bear the Soviet star — but we will once again
triumph behind our symbol. The Führer.” (#28, 6 - 12 July 1941)
“If our old enemy and foe should once again attempt to attack us, our
banners will fly high and they will learn what we are made of. Adolf Hitler.”
(#29, 13 - 19 July 1941)
“In
Bolshevism, we see Jewry’s attempt in the twentieth century to gain world
domination. Adolf Hitler.” (#30, 20 - 26 July 1941)
“You
bear the banners and standards, and are the guarantee that Europe will be
liberated from Bolshevism.” (#31, 27 July - 2 August 1941)
“It is clear that Bolshevism was not a battle for a social ideal, but
rather a political battle on the part of Jewry against the national
intelligence of all peoples. Rosenberg.” (#32, 3 - 9 August 1941)
“Bolshevism
is not a party, nor is it a worldview. It is organized criminality.”
(#33, 10 - 16 August 1941)
“Victory!
Germany is winning on every front.” (#34, 17 - 23 August 1941) [This is
an interesting one. The British had been using “V for Victory” as a slogan in
BBC broadcasts to occupied Europe. Goebbels decided to pre-empt the slogan by
using it in German propaganda, successfully so.]
“Now we must wage war such that the enemy will lose any desire to break the
peace again. Frederick the Great in 1756 at the beginning of the Seven Year
War.” (#35, 24 - 30 August 1941)
“Nothing is impossible for the German Solder. A.H.” (#36, 31 August - 6
September 1941)
“If
International Finance Jewry should succeed once more in plunging the peoples
into a world war, the result will not be the victory of Jewry, but rather the
destruction of the Jewish race in Europe.” (#37, 7 - 13 September 1941)
“One achieves great things only through courage. With this assurance, and
with the firm determination to strike everyone who stands in the way, one can
defy hell and the Devil. Frederick the Great.” (#38, 14 - 20 September 1941)
“The German army is the strongest weapon in the service of Europe’s
freedom. Words of our Führer.” (#39, 21 - 27 September 1941)
“It
was the Jews who discovered Marxism, and the Jews who have attempted for
decades to revolutionize the world with it. Dr. Goebbels.” (#40, 28
September - 4 October 1941)
“Farmers
and soldiers stand hand in hand to give the people its daily bread and to
protect the freedom of the Reich. Dr. Goebbels.” (#41, 5 - 11 October
1941)
“Struggle is everywhere. Without struggle, there is no life, and if we want
to live, we must also be ready to fight. Bismarck.” (#42, 12 - 18 October 1941)
“We must find the courage to follow the path that no people before us has
trod. Konstantin Hierl.” (#43, 19 - 25 October 1941)
“Our
soldiers are defending everything that we possess, including that which we call
the German spirit: German art and German science, the freedom of research and
the dignity of the nation. Dr. Goebbels.” (#44, 26 October - 1 November
1941)
“Sure nerves and iron determination are the best guarantees for success in
this world. Words of our Führer.” (#45, 2 - 8 November 1941)
“Posterity forgets men who only serve their own interests, but remembers
the heroes who sacrificed their own happiness. Words of the Führer.” (#46, 9 -
15 November 1941)
“Just as our ancestors did not receive the soil on which we stand today as
a gift from heaven, but rather through hard work, so also today as well as in
the future, our soil and with it our lives depend not on the grace of some
other people, but only on the power of a successful sword. Words of our
Führer.” (#47, 16 - 22 November 1941)
“We have learned from history that, in the long run, only those people
survive who are willing to maintain their lives and their honor in the world.
Adolf Hitler.” (#48, 23 - 29 November 1941)
“To
be successful, one may not be discouraged by defeats. You may not save your own
neck, for he who saves himself wastes himself. Josef Ponten.” (#49, 30
November - 6 December 1941)
“The sacrifices of the front cannot be repaid. Adolf Hitler.” (#50, 7 - 13
December 1941)
“Whoever serves people will be blessed, and that is true fame. Frederick
the Great.” (#51, 14 - 20 December 1941)
“Lord,
you see that we have changed. The German people is no longer a people of
dishonor and shame, of self - destructiveness and cowardice. No, Lord, the
German people is once more strong in spirit, strong in determination, strong in
the willingness to bear every sacrifice. Lord, now bless our battle and our
freedom, and therefore our German people and fatherland. Adolf Hitler.”
(#52, 21 - 27 December 1941)
“1942.
May the new year increase the strength, determination, and endurance of our
people, and above all give it the strength to fight for victory, and for the
peace that Germany brings to all who are of good will. Dr. Goebbels.”
(#1, 29 December 1941 - 4 January 1942)
“Only brave peoples have a secure
existence. Arndt.” (#2, 5 - 11 January 1942)
“National Socialism is highest
soldierly bearing in all ways of life. Hermann Göring.” (#3, 12 - 18
January1942)
“The greater soul of the hero must
be an example to the highest and the lowest in all situations. Frederick the
Great.” (#4, 19 - 25 January 1942)
“Without the
victory of the swastika, there would be no German army today, much less any
German honor or German freedom. Hermann Goering.” (#5, 26
January - 1 February 1942)
“From the oath of the German
soldier: ‘Great achievements in war and peace come only from an unshakable
fighting community of leader and the troops.’” (#6, 2 - 8 February 1942)
“When the fatherland is at stake,
nobody has rights, everybody has only duties. Wildenbruch.” (#7, 8 - 14
February 1942)
“To be German means to do something
for its own sake. Richard Wagner.” (#8, 15 - 21 February 1942)
“When this war is over, I will return as an even more fanatic National Socialist than I was before. Adolf Hitler.” (#9, 22 - 28 February 1942)
“When this war is over, I will return as an even more fanatic National Socialist than I was before. Adolf Hitler.” (#9, 22 - 28 February 1942)
“The soldier Adolf Hitler has forged
a sharp German sword. The military leader Adolf Hitler uses it to strike
victorious blows.” (#10, 1 - 7 March 1942)
“If I demand sacrifice from the
German people, even if necessary the supreme sacrifice, I have the right to do
so, for I am today as ready as I was before to make any personal sacrifice.
Adolf Hitler.” (#11, 8 - 14 March 1942)
“Sacrificing one’s own life for the
community is the crown of all sacrifice. Adolf Hitler.” (#12, 15 - 21 March
1942)
“The Lord God has never helped the
lazy, nor does he help a coward. Adolf Hitler.” (#13, 22 - 28 March 1942)
“If the Germans stand together, they can drive the Devil from hell.
Bismarck.” (#14, 29 March - 4 April 1942)
“This is our oath: Every hour and every day to think only of Germany, of
its people and Reich, of our great nation. Adolf Hitler.”
(#15, 5 - 11 April 1942)
“Let us look this great age straight in the eye. Ernst
Moritz Arndt.” (#16, 12 - 18 April 1942)
“Oath to the Führer: ‘We often heard your voice and listened silently and
folded our hands, as each word reached our soul. We all know that one day, we
will be free of poverty and oppression. What is a year? Can a law hinder the
pure faith that you have given us, and that pulses through our young lives? My
Führer, you alone are the path and the goal!’ From ‘The
song of Loyalty,’ by Baldur von Schirach.” (#17, 19 - 25 April 1942)
“What the homeland achieves must
some day withstand the test of history. Adolf Hitler.” (#18, 26 April - 2 May
1942)
“Germany will not perish as long as it believes in its great historic
mission. Hindenburg.” (#19, 3 - 9 May 1942)
“We may not doubt that the fate of
Europe for the coming millennia is being decided. Adolf Hitler.” (#20, 10 - 16
May 1942)
“The heart of a mother is the most beautiful and the surest place for the
son, even when his hair is already gray, and for everyone there is only one
such place in the universe. Adalbert Stifter” (#21, 17 - 23
May 1942)
“War demands the greatest effort from the solder, and the greatest
willingness to sacrifice from the homeland. Adolf Hitler.”
(#22, 24 - 30 May 1942)
“Be true to your people and serve it
with your full strength. Konstantin Hierl.” (#23, 31 May - 6 June 1942)
“May the German nation never forget
that the hardness of a people is never shown when the leadership has visible
successes, but rather in times of apparent defeats. Adolf Hitler.” (#24, 7 - 13
June 1942)
“The German people and its soldiers
today are not fighting only for themselves and for their era, but for the
coming, even most distant, generations. Adolf Hitler.” (#25, 14 - 20 June 1942)
“There is no better way of thanking
our soldiers for their courage than to help to heal their wounds. Adolf Hitler.”
(#26, 21 - 27 June 1942)
“He who fights has rights. He who
does not fight has lost his rights. Inscription on the Reval city hall.” (#27,
28 June - 4 July 1942)
“He who seeks to escape his duty has
no claim to be a people’s comrade. Adolf Hitler.” (#28, 5 - 11 July 1942)
“Each working hand helps us to win.”
(#29, 12 - 18 July 1942)
“Generosity and friendship are never
signs of weakness, but of spiritual superiority. A little generosity from
person to person is better than a general love of humanity.” (#30, 19 - 25 July
1942)
““Hard and without pity as we were
in our struggle for power, so will we also be in the struggle for the
preservation of our nation. Adolf Hitler.” (#31, 26 July - 1 August 1942)
“People, help yourself, and then God
will not deny his help. Adolf Hitler.” (#32, 2 - 8 August 1942)
“Just as the whole people, without
exception, will enjoy the successes of this war, so must the whole people,
without exception, share in its burdens. Dr. Goebbels.” (#33, 9 - 15 August
1942)
“He who wants to suffer nothing at
home must be ashamed before the heroes of battle. Ernst Moritz Arndt.” (#34, 16
- 22 August 1942)
“Not the lukewarm and the neutrals make history, but rather people who are
willing to fight. Adolf Hitler.” (#35, 23 - 29 August 1942)
“To gain great successes, one must
take risks. Moltke.” (#36, 30 August - 5 September 1942)
“10 September — — Bloody Sunday in
Bromberg: ‘When light battles with darkness, there can be no peace, only a
struggle between life and death until one or the other is destroyed.’ Dietrich
Eckart.” (#37, 6 - 12 September 1942)
“Everything that serves victory is
important to the war effort; everything that hinders or delays victory is a
crime against the security of the people. Dr. Goebbels.” (#38, 13 - 19
September 1942)
“Only he has the right to criticize who can better solve the problem.
Adolf Hitler.” (#39, 20 - 26 September 1942)
“Speak clearly and openly, and when
one has a friend, march with him to the end. Mussolini.” (#40, 27 September - 3
October 1942)
“What the German farmer has
accomplished in recent years is unique and unprecedented. Adolf Hitler.” (#41,
4 - 10 October 1942)
“Disloyalty once defeated our
people. Loyalty will once again save it. Adolf Hitler.” (#42, 11 - 17 October
1942)
“He who had no children knows no
sorrow, but he who dies without children knows no joy.” (#43. 18 - 24 October
1942)
“Courageous initiative and rapid
action are usually half of success. Dr. Goebbels.” (#44, 25 - 31 October 1942)
“No people on this earth has more
reason today than the German to look to its future with confidence. Dr.
Goebbels.” (#45, 1 - 7 November 1942)
“The fatherland may demand any
sacrifice. Theodor Körner.” (#46, 8 - 14 November 1942)
“Just as in the past, the heaviest
burden in this battle of all our soldiers is carried by the infantry. Adolf
Hitler.” (#47, 15 - 21 November 1942)
“We gaze into this fall and clear
winter not with the thought that the storm will pass by our home, but rather
that we may withstand it. Gorch Fock.” (#48, 22 - 28 November 1942)
“Labor honors the woman as well as the man, but a child ennobles the
mother. Adolf Hitler.” (#49, 29 November - 5 December 1942)
“England’s policies are neither
decent, nor admirable, nor dependable, but rather their primary characteristic
is hypocrisy. Bismarck.” (#50, 6 - 12 December 1942)
“Only a people that keeps its heart
pure and hard will win the victory of the sword. Johannes Linke.” (#51, 13 - 19
December 1942)
“We belong to the generation that
strives to rise from darkness into light. Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe.” (#52, 20
- 26 December 1942)
“Only composure and a strong heart bring victory.
Goebbels. “ (#1, 27 December 1942 - 3 January 1943)
“It depends not on the best, but
rather on you doing your best. Arndt.” (#2, 4 - 10 January 1943)
“We do not want to leave to our
children and to our posterity what we ourselves can do. Hermann Göring.” (#3,
11 - 17 January 1943)
“When the fatherland is in danger,
he who has any thought but to rescue it is unworthy to live in a free state.
Klinger.” (#4, 18 - 24 January 1943)
“We conquered the German Reich in
battle, and in battle will we preserve and defend it. Adolf Hitler.” (#5, 25 -
31 January 1943)
“The strength of men shows itself
not on the evening after victory, but rather when the sun does not shine. Adolf
Hitler.” (#7/8, 14 - 21 February 1943)
“Do more than duty demands!” (#9/10,
21 February - 6 March 1943)
“A great
cause is not won by half measures. The greatest prize demands the highest
effort. Theodor Fontane.” (#11, 7 - 14 March 1943)
“What one does not surrender, one
has not lost. Schiller.” (#13, 22 - 28 March 1943)
“In the long run, no enemy can stand
against hard work. Rosegger.” (#14/15, 28 March - 10 April 1943)
“Readiness is everything.” (#16/17,
11 - 30 April 1943)
“No one in Germany today thinks of a
rotten conmpromise. The whole people thinks only of total war.” (#18/19, 26
April - 9 May 1943)
“When making a great decision, if
one does not break something, if one does not ignore certain considerations,
one loses his life, but never achieves anything. Moltke.” (#20, 10 - 16 May
1943)
“Mother’s Day. God has sancitifed mothers’ hearts to the sacrifices of a
great age.” (#21, 17 - 23 May 1943)
“The flag must stand even if the man
falls. Alfred Leo Schlageter.” (#22, 24 - 30 May 1943)
“The arch shows its strength only
when it bears a load.” (#23, 31 May - 5 June 1943)
“The individual must and will die, but the people must endure.
Adolf Hitler.” (#24/25/26, 6 - 26 June 1943)
[The German National
Library collection includes a slip noting that because of war conditions, a
number of issues have failed to appear. These probably include issues #23 and
#27 - #31]
“If we remain brave and loyal,
victory will be ours in the end. Dr. Goebbels.” (#32, 1 - 7 August 1943)
“One must demand the impossible to
achieve the possible. Moltke.” (#33, 8 - 14 August 1943)
“He who doubts victory does not
deserve to belong to our community. Dr.Goebbels.” (#34, 15 - 21 August 1943)
“We do not talk about peace, we fight for it! Dr.
Goebbels.” (#35, 22 - 28 August 1943)
“Adolf Hitler: Strong nerves and
iron determination are the best guarantees of success in this world.” (#36/37,
28 August - 11 September 1943)
“The more men and women put
themselves as the disposal of the war effort, the harder the Führer will be
able to strike back. Dr. Goebbels.” (#38, 12 - 18 September 1943)
“Success in the end will only come
for him who stands fast and never loses his nerve. Adolf Hitler.” (#39, 19 - 25
September 1943)
“There are times when taking the
greatest risk is the greatest wisdom. Clausewitz.” (#40, 26 September - 2
October 1943)
“The peasant’s pride has a good
foundation, for the peasant is the people, is the bearer of culture, is the preserver
of the race. Hermann Löns.” (#41, 3 - 9 October 1943)
“We must think in terms of the ages,
not of the moment. Adolf Hitler.” (#21, 10 - 16 October 1943)
“I have seen that, with courage and
strength of will, one overcomes all. Scharnhorst.” (#43, 17 - 23 October 1943)
“In our will is victory. Jahn.”
(#44, 24 - 30 October 1943)
“My faith is the love of my people.
Ulrich von Hutten.” (#45, 31 October - 6 November 1943)
“Strong hearts bring victory.” (#46,
7 - 13 November 1943)
“In general, thinking together is
always necessary, chattering together is not. Gottfried Keller.” (#47, 14 - 20
November 1943)
“We want to work and fight as if our
lives were daily at risk. Dr. Goebbels.” (#48, 21 - 27 November 1943)
“In everythng you do and do not do,
in what you speak and keep silent about, remember that you are a German. Dr.
Goebbels.” (#49, 28 November - 4 December 1943)
“Discipline is the most important
virtue in war, whether at the front or at home. Dr. Goebbels.” (#50, 5 - 11
December 1943)
“If the times become hard, we
Germans will become harder.” (#51, 12 - 18 December 1943)
“Salvation (Heil) does not fall from
heaven. It must be seized. Eichendorff.” (#52, 19 - 15 December 1943)
“As long as I breathe, I will not
give up. Eichendorff.” (#53, 26 December 1943 - 1 January 1944)
“Anything is possible in this war, excepting only that we ever capitulate.
Dr. Goebbels.” (#1, 2 - 8 January 1944)
“Remember always that you are a
child of the bravest and hardest-working people on earth, that must bear much
misfortune and sorrow to reach its goal. From the War Articles of the
German People by Dr. Goebbels.” (#2, 9 - 15 January 1944)
“Nothing is too valuable to be
sacrificed for freedom. Dr. Goebbels.” (#3, 16 - 22 January 1944)
“Each suggestion that comes from the
enemy is an attack on our war moral. Dr. Goebbels.” (#4, 23 - 29 January 1944)
“He who would rather die than lay
down his weapon cannot be defeated! Stephan Ludwig Roth.” (#5, 30 January - 6
February 1944)
“No great heroes in world history
have not withstood the hardest burdens. Adolf Hitler.” (#6, 6 - 12 February
1944)
“German people, whatever comes, we will master it. At the end, there will
be victory. Adolf Hitler.” (#7, 13-19 February 1944)
“Dr. Goebbels: All that we possess
we fought for, earned, and built up as a free people. Without freedom, it would
lose its meaning, its purpose, but also its very existence.” (#8, 20 - 26
February 1944)
“In the hour of fate of our people,
the homeland has the same slogan as the front: hardness and faith. General
Dietl.” (#9, 27 February - 4 March 1944)
“The more one has sacrificed and is
sacrificing for the war, the more fanatically one must believe in victory,
working and fighting for it. That gives a sacrifice, even the heaviest one, its
meaning. Dr. Goebbels.” (#10, 5 - 11 March 1944)
“Everything can be achieved through
stedfastness and determination. Prince Eugen.” (#11, 12 - 18 March 1944)
“There is but one sin: cowardice.”
(#12, 19 - 15 March 1944)
“I want to seize fate by its throat.
I will never bend before it. Beethoven.” (#13, 26 March - 1 April 1944)
“The heavier the tasks a people faces, the higher the
level to which it will climb. Lagarde.” (#14, 2 - 8 April 1944)
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