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...flirtation of Der Führer and Il Duce, symbolized last month by the Pact of Berchtesgaden (TIME, July 20), was adorned last week by Adolf Hitler with a thumping reward to its negotiator, Lieut. Colonel Franz von Papen. Although this swank, sly predecessor of Hitler as Chancellor remains in charge of the German diplomatic mission in Vienna, which retains the status of legation, von Papen personally is raised to "Ambassador Extraordinary on Special Mission." With Germany taking de facto hold of Danzig (see p. 20) and Italy's conquest fast gaining de facto recognition, the new "Dictators...
...censor-ridden Germany seeped news last week of a 4,000-word letter sent to Reichsführer Adolf Hitler last month, in which ten responsible pastors of the German Evangelical Protestant Church daringly protested against the entire credo and technique of the National Socialist Party. This remarkable document, phrased with an air of winning deference, indicted: 1) Nazi concentration camps; 2) the Nazi espionage system within the country; 3 ) the extralegal powers of the secret political police; 4) Nazi persecution of the German Protestant churches; 5) the Nazi philosophy of "blood, race and soil"; 6) the training of school...
Rising to an unprecedented height of boldness, the pastors concluded: "Our people are trying to break the bond set by God. That is human conceit rising against God. In this connection we must warn the Führer that the adoration frequently bestowed on him is due only to God. Some years ago the Führer objected to having his picture placed on Protestant altars. Today his thoughts are used as a basis not only for political decisions but also for morality and law. He himself is surrounded with the dignity of a priest and even of an intermediary...
Last week, their letter still unanswered, the pastors let it be known that if the Reichsführer did not reply within two more weeks, they would publish their letter and circulate it secretly among the Godfearing. Since Germany wants no overt trouble with its own churchmen while the Olympic games are going on, the pastors had five more weeks of grace...
Last week Hitler's newspaper, the Völkisclier Beobachter, gave a tacit answer to the pastors' letter. With easy logic, it asserted that since Der Führer is always right and since Der Führer is the party and the party is Der Führer, therefore, what any Nazi functionary does in Der Führer's name is also always right unless reversed by the Nazi Party or Der Führer...