Word: ckversicherung
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...Gerhard Just, billed for the leading role of the purged Bolshevik Rubashov, grumbled uncomfortably that the play was "unsuitable." The whole cast refused to appear for rehearsals. Company Manager Hans Schueler thought he knew the trouble: his performers were not necessarily Communists-they were simply taking out Rückversicherung, which literally means "back insurance." This is the German word for forehanded protection against occupation by the Russians, if it should come. There are many varieties of Rückversicherung: wealthy Hamburg businessmen who keep yachts fueled and supplied for quick getaways; non-Communist Germans who carry Communist Party cards...
Manager Schueler refused to release his actors from their contracts, but did give each a little Rückversicherung: a letter acknowledging that the actor had "left nothing untried" to avoid performing in the play...
...forced to withdraw from Asia or to neglect Europe, many Germans will reject resistance measures and again seek for Rűckversicherung...
Germans react far more sensitively to concrete displays of effectiveness than to evidences of moral purity. While the U.S. was losing, Germans doubted it would ever be able to help them against aggression in Germany. Many sought Rűckversicherung (reinsurance) by signing Communist peace petitions, buying ads in Communist newspapers, reviving connections with East Germans and Russians. After Inchon, however, Germans could visualize for the first time substantial U.S. reinforcements against the threat of 300,000 crack Russian troops across the Elbe River. The latest Korean disaster has now scared many Germans into the belief that the U.S. will...
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