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Fear. Before the war Hess was a paranoid, hoped to retire to the Bavarian Alps for rest and nerve repair. As the months of captivity passed in Scotland, he developed a persecution mania. "They" were trying to "choke me." Sometimes when he said this his hands would fly to his throat and he would stagger backward, screaming. A psychologist finally learned who "they" were: the people of Europe. Screamed Hess: "Like grass, they grow, higher and higher. They think we are evil and they hate us. The war goes on longer and they get stronger and stronger. From all over...
...Russian Revolution had just begun) Pacelli went as Papal Nuncio to Munich, tried (and failed) to talk the Kaiser into a peaceful frame of mind After the Kaiser fled, Pacelli lived through the Bavarian Soviet Republic. On one occasion he faced down a band of armed revolutionaries who had broken into the Papal Embassy, intending to loot the building...
Somewhere in Italy last week a German did the best he could. The German was Luftwaffe Field Marshal & General Albert Kesselring, 58, a handsome Bavarian who once was jolly and charming, a soldier and airman who once was counted among the victors of history. He had directed the air actions against Poland, Holland and Belgium, commanded one of the fleets which bombed London. He was now commander of all Axis land, sea and air forces in the Mediterranean theater...
Munich is Naziism's birthplace and an old city of art treasures and Nazi Party shrines. But in its suburbs are Messerschmitt plane factories, the Bayerische Motorenwerke (aircraft engines and motor vehicles), many other war factories. In their fifth raid on the Bavarian capital, the R.A.F. shattered its museums and arms industries alike...
...mournful, melodious song, The Ballad of the German Soldier's Bride, has been haunting BBC's short-wave listeners in Germany. The words are by Bavarian Bert Brecht, the music by Polish Mischa Spoliansky. It is sung by two voices. English translation...