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One thing those clothes did lack, however, and that was style. To be sure, one
finds quite a few aristocrats andintellectuals in the Nazi regime. Across the
street clustered a largegroup of sightseers, gazing silently at their leaders
residence. I advise you to come along, said an American colleague with whom
Isat.
I am sure ofthis, both from what I was told and from my own
experience.
Even on so-called clear days the low-hanging sunshines wanly
through a veil of mist. I never heard of a press telephone conversation being
broken into orstopped.
One thing those clothes did lack, however, and that was
style. They were hardly needed for the few motor cars andoccasional buses that
crawled slowly by.
The taxi situation is one of the manydrawbacks to life in
wartime Berlin.
He argued that, when allGermany was strictly rationed, such
public feasting would be in badtaste.
The others gave the stiff-armed Nazi
greeting. It wassmall as a fountain pen and could be clipped into my vest
pocket.
Before proceeding on our way we were lined upbefore one of the buses
and had our picture taken.
Peasants and townsfolk alike looked well-fed
andwarmly clad. In fact wherever Iwent in Germany the people dressed about the
same.
Fortunately I had with me a flashlight brought from America. Within
limits, he can operate quickly and efficiently.
Such beautifying is frowned
upon by strict Nazisas unpatriotic.
I am sure ofthis, both from what I was told
and from my own experience.
I did not care much, however, for the other local
notables. Now he was in theAmerican Section of the Foreign Office, so I counted
on him to startme right. So itoften happens that considerable changes have to
be made before thefinal draft is O.
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