The Sorrow and the Pity Page #2

to look at the horrid, concrete walls,

and to give them

a flowery environment in which to live.

It's pathetic when you think

about the awful things that came later.

The infantry is advancing at great intervals.

In Oisemont, the enemy has set fire

to the tanks of an oil factory.

It took two weeks in Poland.

We felt it would be just as quick in France,

as we were anxious to go home.

and, indeed,

we took France in just one month.

and onwards it goes. Next stop: Paris.

Naturally,

we attacked on several occasions,

but the hardest time was in Oing,

on the Belgian border.

The Belgian blockhaus weren't ready,

but we had to take position in them.

The Germans arrived equipped with tanks.

AIl that we had were machine guns.

They proceeded to kill everyone inside,

because it made such an easy target.

There were no battlements.

They hadn't even put up reinforced doors.

I'm telling you, we walked...

We withdrew,

and we must have walked

at least 20 miles,

without running across any troops.

Not one single troop.

Nothing, nothing, nothing.

First of all, I'd like to emphasize

the fact that the German staff

was not expecting to achieve

such a quick, resounding success.

We soldiers, unlike Hitler,

were convinced that we were facing

the same adversary as in 1914-1918,

a determined, brave adversary,

prepared to fight to the bitter end.

Unfortunately, I must admit

that Hitler was right in this case.

He was always saying

how the French were incapable

of repeating their performance

in World War l,

and he never missed an opportunity

to add to this statement

a few disagreeable and derisory

remarks or comments

on the general emotional

and moral state of France.

GERMN NEWS:

Near Noyon, General Stummel,

taking the vanguard with his troops,

with his adjutant, took several prisoners.

It began with two.

Later, many others surrendered.

The prisoners come from every nation

and every walk of life.

So-called defenders of the great nation.

In fact, a shame for the white race.

These are the Black brothers of the French.

In the words of Chamberlain,

"We, together with our allies,

are the guardians of civilization."

"Together we fight medieval barbarism."

These are the guardians of civilization.

These are the barbarians.

This is the war

of the Franco-English plutocrats.

They began this war rashly without

taking any heed of the consequences,

to fight for the English lords,

not only until the last Frenchman,

but until the last French house.

Mrs. Tausend, you stayed in Germany.

Did you read the papers?

Did you watch the German news?

Yes, we followed the events closely.

Naturally, we were a bit frightened.

But the news of victory made us happy.

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