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Close to the mouth of the Polish Corridor lies the Free City of Danzig with a population predominantly German. Nearly three years ago Danzig's citizens went to the polls and voted overwhelmingly for a pro-Nazi local government. Last year Danzig's ancient Hanseatic flag was given a corner in the Nazi Swastika flag, Nazi Leader Albert Forster publicly acknowledged his loyalty to Adolf Hitler, and the world waited to see how soon Germany would openly annex the Baltic city...
Last week after Pole Beck had returned to Warsaw, Danzig's private Führer Forster ended a speech in Berlin with this cryptic remark...
...Danzig gladly sacrifices for the interests of the Reich, and its inhabitants have the same faith in the Führer as all other Germans...
...Danzigers promptly guessed what sacrifice had occurred in Berlin: That Hitler had promised for several years to come not to annoy touchy Poland by annexing Danzig...
Suzanne Eisendieck was born in Danzig of Polish parents. Her father was a lumber dealer. For two years she studied in Berlin, then moved on to Paris with exactly 300 francs in her thin purse. She got a Montparnasse garret so small that she had to lean halfway out of the window to paint at all. Already she had developed a style. She wanted to paint the mythical world of 1900 (eight years before she was born), when ladies wore feather boas and bright feathers in their hats, when gentlemen had whiskers and drank champagne. Because she was much prettier...