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Firm Our View Firm Our [Beilage 2 zu SM, Nr. 32, 1941] [Seite: 0 = Title page] FIRM OUR VIEW FIRM OUR AIM The Struggle of German Social Democrats against Hitler This is a translation from a pamphlet in German: "Klar im Erkennen, Klar im Ziel". It is also published in French Issued by the London Representative of the German Social Democratic Party, 33, Fernside Avenue, London NW7. [Seite: - 1 - ] In these days, when the world is shaken by a war, the duration, gravity and development of which cannot yet been foretold, considering that the war was started by Hitler's invasion of Poland after he had concluded a non-aggression pact with Stalin, we German Social Democrats can draw the consequences from a firm policy, in these days of a world wide whirlwind which bewildered so many minds. Unlike those who trusted in Hitler's peace claims we had no illusions. We knew from the very first day that Hitler means war, and we could not be deceived or prevented from warning the world by any of his tricks. On the other hand, we did not share the illusion of those who believed that Hitler were the arch enemy of Bolshevism and that the Soviet Union were the arch enemy of the Third Reich, and that we should, therefore, support the barbaric Hitler regime as a bulwark against barbaric Bolshevism, or submit of Bolshevic dictatorship in order to exterminate Hitler's dictatorship. Now, all those illusions are over. In vain was the belief in an opportunity of persuading Hitler, even by sacrifices, to keep peace, and we see that the policy of concessions came to that result which was made necessarily by Hitler's "dynamic" policy, namely a new world war. At the same time, all hopes and promises made in connection with the alleged leadership of the Soviet Union in the struggle against Facism, and for the liberation of the German working class, have been deadly destroyed by that non-aggression pact which Mr. Molotow concluded with Herr Ribbentrop, and by the cooperation of the resistance of Poland which was the first country daring armed resistance against aggression by the Third Reich. When Hitler came to power, in Germany in 1933, our party had to make a vital decision. The question was whether to try to continue our existence as a semi-legal workers' party in the framework of National Socia- [Seite im Original:] - 2 - list dictatorship, or to separate clearly from the system of total terror and war, and to begin the difficult but firm policy of illegality and exile. Our late leader Otto Wels said: "We have no arms but honour", when addressing the first meeting of the Reichstag which was elected under Hitler's rule and included the Social Democratic Party and the second party in Germany representing still more than 7 million voters. Otto Wels justified the words he spoke in the presence of Hitler. He refused to cooperate with the totalitarian state. He decided to transfer the headquarters of the party into a democratic country and to start the illegal activity of the party. "No arms but honour" - this was the slogan of our party when we began to organise our struggle against the Hitler regime after it started. It is with arms and with honour that we will start a new activity in Germany after our victory in this fight. There were many attempts during the last six years to lure us away from this fight which we entered with firm views and resolutions. Many attempts were made to weaken our fight which seemed to cause fresh disappointments again and again. Many offers were made to weaken our fight and to submit to another dictatorship, that of Moscow which offered an alleged guarantee for a definite fight against Nazism. And the agents of this dictatorship went even so far as to invite us to join a "democratic" Popular Front with the Communists. All reports from Germany make it clear that the pact of Hitler and Stalin has caused an enormous confusion among the former Communist workers in Germany. If the Social Democratic Party had not resisted those groups which demanded a cooperation with the Communists even in the illegal activities in Germany, valuable fighters had been victims of the Gestapo, and the confusion of ideas had spread over the masses of German Social Democratic workers ... Someone's mind in the rank and file of the party could be weakened, but the party kept being firm as the leaders were firm, and safe was the view of our policy and the will to reach our aim. Now, the last and decisive chapter of the struggle against Hitler has been opened. Now, the whole democratic [Seite im Original:] - 3 - world has recognised the dreadful danger of Hitlerism which we pointed out from the very beginning. Now, the illusion of a fundamental opposition of the two dictatorships of Hitler and Stalin has been suddenly annihilated. In this moment, we can recall the declarations and resolutions made and respected by our Party during the last six years. We saw the danger of war ! We resisted the attempts of Moscow ! We decided to fight against Hitler's dictatorship ! And we will continue this fight until the overthrow of Hitler ! [Seite im Original:] - 4 - We saw the danger of war. 1933: When Hitler began to rule "Germany is on a dangerous way. The policy of the Fascist State is that of a mad god. This policy of steadily threatening the German people, but not alone the German one, Germany going back to an old-fashioned type of government, with the spirit of war reviving, with the young generation infected by military thinking, with all the life of the people devoted to the purposes of the totalitarian state, will lead to an incessant danger of war for all Europe." ("Volk in Ketten", 1933.) ("Volk in Ketten", 1933.) 1934: After the bloody night of June 30th The decisive fact is; that the Reichswehr is again the basis and the nucleus of the German State. On this principle, the German foreign policy will resume its activity ... That is serious. The German policy of power preparing war has got rid of a heavy burden. This policy is now in a position to act more freely than before, and even without any loss of actual military strength. It is necessary to face seriously the meaning of this new alliance of Hitler and the army. On the home front, the 30th June means the victory of the army, in foreign policy it means consolidation of active nationalism." ("Deutschland-Berichte", Juli 1934.) 1935: Introduction of compulsory service "The general compulsory service in Germany - that is an alarming signal for all the world. General compulsory service in Germany - that means blending the spirit of Imperial Germany with the spirit of Hit- [Seite im Original:] - 5 - lerism desiring revenge. It is a symbol of the war strength piled up, in the Third Reich, since two years, a symbol for the sinister thoughts praising the war, the conquest, the revenge, so essential in Hitler's system. That is the ultimate submission of the German nation to the dictator's will, and he can order the German youth at any moment to die for his dream of power. The end of this way is war. The events have justified our forecast one year ago. One illusion after the other vanished. It is time for the nations to face [...] reality if the statesmen refuse to do so." ("Neuer Vorwaerts", No. 93) After Stresa "This system which is oppressing the people by force, embodies the most furious pan-German tendencies, and adores naked force. All its activity is to put all the strength of the people at the disposal of the war. Military force and war, these are the supreme aims of the men of this system. It means war. But an enormous warning was given, and it was a meaning for the German nation reading: This regime is leading to a new war, and thus to a new defeat. New defeat means fall. There is only one help: overthrow of the system." ("Neuer Vorwaerts", No. 97) 1936: After the occupation of the Rhineland "Where treaties voluntarily concluded are broken on invalid pretexts, there is no right, no law, and no peace. New proposals for pacts offered by the violator of agreements have to be suspected. Hitler incites hatred against Germany. The result will be a terrible one. Hitler hopes that the nations are afraid of a new war, and he gambles with the peace. [Seite im Original:] - 6 - But he will lose the game in the end, and the German Nation will have to pay the price - with their blood." ("Neuer Vorwaerts", No. 144) 1937: After Mr. Eden's speech of January 19th "Even Hitler knows not what has to be expected from England. The Foreign Secretary has clearly opposed the military nationalism of the Nazi system, which threatens European peace and the welfare of the nations. He has explained to the German nation that they can count on international cooperation, on joining peaceful world economy no sooner than this military system of nationalism will be abandoned. That means that the German nation can find only one way out of the blockade established by the Nazi system over Germany, and that way is: to exterminate all the essential evils of the Hitler regime." ("Neuer Vorwaerts", No. 189) 1938: After the occupation of Austria "An important platform is gained by the neo-German imperialism. The inborn law of this imperialism reads that its aims become greater by every success.
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