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...their worries, Goebbels launched the most violent anti-Jewish propaganda campaign of the war. The Nazis also decreed, at least for public consumption, that Party leaders can no longer hold private industrial directorates, and increased the tax on war profits. Heinrich Himmler's Das Schwarze Korps attacked Die Uberschlauen (smarty cats) who quoted letters from soldiers praising Russian techniques and organization. Explained Das Schwarze Korps: "All that which apparently is strong is nothing more than the product of the bestial urge to destroy the higher cultures of better races...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Over Their Shoulders | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

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