Foreign News: Eve of Decision II

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Over the Swiss grapevine from Germany, the Zurich weekly Sie und Er heard some current gossip about the Führer:

"Hitler at the present time is surrounded for the greater part by members of the Wehrmacht. He lives among these men on the Obersalzberg at Berchtesgaden. He seldom sees Goring, Goebbels and Himmler. In Hitler's house nowadays certain subjects are taboo; for instance, that of total war and its victims.

"Recently, at a dinner in honor of a Croatian delegation, a guest paid no attention to the ban on total-war talk and started telling of the frightful consequences of the [Allied] bombing attacks. Icy silence fell upon the company. Hitler stopped his meal and indicated that he wanted to leave the table. But at the last moment an outburst was avoided, and the dinner went on its normal course again."