Original WWII Allied Propaganda Leaflet – Fully Translated – Allied psychological warfare – Germany 1945 – Rare
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Description
This is a WWII Allied propaganda leaflet written in German, aimed at weakening the will of the Wehrmacht and German civilians to continue fighting in 1945.
It stresses that the war is already lost, the Nazis have ruined Germany, and only self-help and surrender will allow Germans to rebuild their homeland.
REPORT FROM WEST GERMANY
Every day, more parts of Germany come under the administration of the military government. With every kilometer that the Allied armies advance, the shadow of war is lifted from a strip of Germany — and the hard work of rebuilding the homeland begins.
In the occupied areas the war is finally over. The terror regime of the SS and Gestapo has disappeared. The positions cleansed of National Socialists are gradually being taken over by responsible Germans. The bombing war is over, life goes on — it is not an easy life, because there is much to be done: First, rubble and debris caused by bombs and useless resistance must be cleared away. Gradually, and with hard work, normal conditions are being restored. Self-help is bringing community life back into motion — today in the occupied western areas, tomorrow throughout all of Germany.
SELF-HELP — THAT MEANS: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF GERMANY WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY GERMANS.
The longer the lost war is continued, the more destruction is caused by useless resistance in German cities, the harder the work of rebuilding will be.
The more men of fighting age perish now, the heavier the burden of rebuilding will fall on the survivors, and the longer it will take to restore normal conditions.
The more vital factories are destroyed by Party fanatics, the more food supplies they steal away, the more the population itself will have to go hungry.
Self-help will rebuild Germany.
Therefore self-help must begin now, to save what can still be saved.
