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4/20/1939 - Goebbels Propaganda; Return via Paris; Meetings with Prof. Harper and Mr. Antonius by Thomas L. Blakemore

TLB WSR Trinity Hall Cambridge England April Dear Mz Rogers Whatever feelings might Dr Goebbels would propoganda without being astonishe As German improved V ertheim I continually running across fresh examples organization ingenuity belieN every conceivable pulled formation internal public opinion More stock trade timely clever usually acknowledged dominant theme emission Nazi catechism unending blasts though dispose unwanted opinions sheer attrition Many newspapers articles having unexpected finesse chief surprise cunning movies ticularly short special attractions Parts newsreels blatant propoganda newspaper headlines audiences I observed seemed noticably aroused emotional spiels tators Except dutiful splatter applause which Berlin during tenser Czech annexation I heard nothing silence repel showings entrance Prague which incidentally exactly treatment Cambridge several months scenes English troops exterminating bandits Palestine Nearly festure films plots suited political comment thrillers police stories Sad historical tales furnish plastic material The shorts exclusively German Mickey Mouse since Walt Disney found Jew highly educational Without exception every I fitted picture governmental policy Thus travelogues dealt Germany beauties national landscape national national architecture science pictures concerned developments airfore Grman industries h_man interest reels showed workings Red Cross Alps practices emergency rescue squads cities German sports dances pleasant German farmer The developed moral along round about course started shots machinery compared these human bodies working different explained caloric system evaluating working splendid F motion pictures digestion amounts needed engaged various occupations giving percentage content carbohydrates found diets different nationalities As might suspecte statistics proved Conc iusiveiy Germans other after showing obese burgher calling doctor conclusion crowd natlonal individusl health would bettered cutting butter substituting A pictures tasty servings Diagrams charts illustrations brought statistics never dragged slightest Like others filming class dialogue snappy Actually sounded convincing My route Wrzburg Munich where I stopped The exhibition modern German Art there something I should hated display Nazis cinched their reputations master ballyhooers A detailed description question rooms after after there models scales buildings highways airports ships bridges airplanes offices memorials which created since Gigantic photo enlargements filled walls there volumes pictures lesser governmental projects Other sections displayed needle paintings potter metal craftsmanships combined taken allowance chest thumping mIcatetthe enormity Germany public works program The admission nominal while exhibition months throngs still there It greatly publicized magazines newspapers I through Paris another longer Professor Escarra After detailed explanation objectives modified statement Cbrldge Then thought I conceded alone historical Japanese wlththe sources interesting todays reason couldn point German But modern legal education thinks German would necessary He agrees language should progress better Western instruction start thinks Berlin feasable study recommends three years months In Antonius Tuesday objectio roposal which taken harti accord I start Japanese teaching Mr tonius fears German would advantage I namely study Japanese language where I appreciate delioate shadings meaning He considers unlikely I should anvhere familiarity German November rardless between feels there lications Japanese ithout introducing German teaching It unexpected pleasure Professor Harper London Tuesday further delight John Hazard weeks Howard might Institute reunion Sincerely