Word: grotewohl
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said Britain's Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin: "A little lifting of the clouds. . . . But . . . it is the approach in the conference room to actual problems . . . that matters." Cried Otto Grotewohl, leader of Germany's Communist-run S.E.D.: "Here speaks a man free of atom-bomb - psychosis. . . . " Said Paris' L'Epogue: "Stalin must not take us for moujiks. . . ." Said L'Aurore: "Stalin says: 'My hammer works for peace.' We reply: 'Then stop sharpening your sickle...
Helping Hand. The Russians' decision to release 120,000 German prisoners of war from Russian camps was beautifully handled to reflect credit upon the SED. Otto Grotewohl, co-chairman of SED, was permitted to announce the release in mid-July at a convention of women's committees in Berlin. A similar maneuver characterized the Russian decree of July 14 announcing increased rations for invalids and expectant mothers. The announcement began: "At the request of the SED and for improving food conditions of the German population...