Word: germane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most terrifying achievements of the Nazi regime was its relentless capture and corruption of German youth. In Eastern Germany, the Communists have proved themselves as good as the Nazis at that deadly game. Their Freie Deutsche Jugend (Free German Youth) seems like a near-perfect reincarnation of the Hitler Youth. The world might get a good look at the young Communists when they stage their long-heralded "march on Berlin" on Whitsunday (see above). Last week, TIME Correspondent Enno Hobbing cabled this preview...
...youth hostels in Eastern Germany have been turned over to the FDJ. Loyal FDJ members are in line for handsome university scholarships. Again & again, Communist oldtimers din into young ears: "You are the future of the German people." In response to such accolades, one FDJ member recently told an American: "I'm not much now, but when Germany is all Communist, I might be a mayor. When we control all Europe, I might be a state governor...
...Berlin." Despite their tremendous efforts, the Communists have been able to make full-fledged fanatics of only a relatively small part of East Germany's youth. There are thousands who actively resist the FDJ by conducting clandestine discussions, or passing around leaflets (a recent one-"German youth: Don't go to Berlin. Don't let the stooges of Moscow misuse you . . . But if you must go, then compare the living standard of West Berlin with yours...
...German boys and girls, the capital of Germany awaits you," read a huge banner at the Brandenburg Gate, on the border between the city's Eastern and Western sectors. From all over Germany's Russian zone, youngsters this week set out by train, bus and on foot for the long-heralded Whitsuntide demonstration in Berlin. Squads of Communist youths sneaked into West Berlin to paste up Red propaganda posters (see cut). The latest pronouncement from Red Germany's Propaganda Chief Gerhart Eisler was that the demonstration would be a strictly peaceful affair. But U.S. officials were...
...children might come to harm in Berlin, were trying to keep them from taking part in the demonstration. There was no doubt that the Reds could provoke trouble in Berlin if they wanted to-and put the Western Allies in the embarrassing position of having to use force on German civilians, most of them mere kids (see below). Whatever the Russians' intention, on Armed Forces Day last week the U.S. showed that it was ready for trouble...