Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Study in dictatorship a �?1. A believed Hitler would Ever be much by Louis Ploch her of As sookded press staff writer title did those of us who were assigned to duty As foreign l correspondents in Germany during the Days of the struggling Weimar Republic imagine that Adolf Hitler the rabble rousing sex Corporal and one time austrian House Painter would one Day a play a role in history comparable to that of a Nero a Caesar a Genghis Khan or a Napoleon Al Frimin beings As did Der fuehrer of greater Germany. By that statement i do not de Are to put Adolf Hitler Down As a More cunning or Brilliant or diabolically capable Man than the dictators before him. The simple facts in the situation however Are that Hitler was bom in an Era of mechanical inventions the like of which history has hitherto nut Nowil Adolf Hitler. Full of contradictions ring dissonance its Lack of Beauty or even dignity of expression Bow 1 asked myself could i in the Days of my reporting in Germany sit there for severed hours at a time and stand it How could the German people stand it when i think of Adolf Hitler i have a picture of the most inharmonious human being i Ever met of a Man full of contradictions within his own self. Here Are some of them spell Binder a Man who could hold audiences spell bound for hours at a time yet whose diction often was ungrammatical his voice repulsive his platitudes exasperating in repetitious his meaning frequently obscure a fanatic for mechanization who knew not How to drive a car never had the curiosity to sit in the cab of a moving railway engine never piloted an air plane a political Leader credited with hypnotic Powers Over those whom he could look firmly into the eyes yet who squirmed and became visibly uneasy if anybody contemplated him deliberately and unflinchingly superstitious a politician who preached realism in government and military strategy but who personally relied on hunches and intuitions and was steeped in superstitions a Lover of music who an uncommon thing in Germany never joined a Maenner Chor or Gesang Verein played no instrument hummed no time cared for almost no other music save that of Richard Wagner. Yet it is undeniable that his own followers worshipped him and blindly carried out his instructions. Nobody not even the Ablest of German. Generals dared stand up to him except at the very end. His word was Law. Tomorrow Hitler s Early lie through the a radio he could reach More mortals than any world figure before him. With the air plane he could Contact personally Mere groups of people than any campaigner preceding him. By the r mechanization of warfare his troops could cover More ground than any army of world War h through the development of the science of explosives his mechanized forces could carry death and destruction Over wider a reas. A hence when i award the Palm for spreading human sorrow to presence of the was and we were much disappointed. Although we realize that there were possibly other occasions that came up this a amp All possibilities of being a flunk. If our comrades and fellow soldiers of the opposite sex will be so kind and american As to Overlook this most obnoxious letter it will be widely appreciated. As for the comparison of american girls and French there is no comparison. There Are Nice French girls just As you find any place you go but i wish to state that France will never be Able to compete with american girls As far As clean Fine and virtuous living standards Are concerned. Here a one who will stick with american girls under any circumstances. I fee that the statement which my Friend made in his letter is an insult to american womanhood. A an american sympathizer dear editor concerning a recent letter in stars and stripes i wish to make a few statements in behalf of this organization. In the first place the letter was not from the men of the 619th pm depot co., but merely one or two of the a a boys who wished to express their opinion of the i am sure that the article which was signed on behalf of this organization has met much disapproval from the men of this organization. A it is True that we expected the this is the first of a series of Anides on the inside facts of Hui press. Few men Lett is ctr Ner Are so Well qualified to Tell the fuehrer s  Marseille shews arc theater a 138 la Cane Bier ter uniformed personnel Only. Five shows Dally at two hour intervals starting at 1230.  song to remember with Paul Liuni and Merle Oberon. Port theater 56 Cours Belzunce. Daily movies at 1530. 1800 and 1990. Open to All members of United nations armed forces.  hard Way with Ida Lupino and by Nale Barnes. Nice Levist forum theater 45 promenade Dee Langlais for armed forces Only. Showing at 1400 and 2000. Admission is free. Fans clean re Trees the american red Cross fast no club located in the palais de la Melitar Ranee. Promenade Des Langlais. Snack bar open from o0oq to 9100 daily a . Open from 0000 to 1730 Dally wrapping package service from 0180 daily. Lounge Reading and writ my room Library game rooms with Ping Pong and Bowling. Information room open daily. Coca Cote in the Bamboo room. Theater.  night of Jan. 16th, 9090. Cannes Adolf Hitler i do it to condemn a Man who had he used the instrumental ties provided by modern civilization to Advance human pm egress rather than to attempt to throw it Back into the Middle Ages might have emerged As a Benefactor of Mankind. I found myself unable during my Long stay in Germany to explain to my own satisfaction How the strange phenomenon bearing the name of Adolf Hitler could acquire the held upon the German people that he did. I thought then that knee i had returned to America and would be Able to contemplate the Yean spent under nazism More dispassionately i might find a satisfactory explanation. But such is not the Case. The other night i happened to stray Lute a movie in the course of which Adelf hitlers voice suddenly is head. I had not listened to a Hitler Harangue since the Days of my internment at bad nauheim Early in 1942, when a group of us had Access to a tiny radio set which we managed to keep from the inquisitive eyes of Pur Gestapo Guarda 1 was bewildered i understood hitlers oratorical hold upon his people less than Ever. That raucous voice its hysteria its Jar a wac replies dear. Editor the letter from the boys4 of the 619th pm charging that Quot was Are not pals to gis overseas Quot has me Hunting for the nearest bucket sick with disgust. How can any group of men let the fact that none of the 7,036 was in the Eto happened to come to their company s party influence them to the extent that such a charge is Blar tartly Flung out surely the pm boys have heard of the Law of Supply and demand surely they realize that the Wao was set up to relieve the manpower shortage and not to provide hostesses for army social affairs. Surely they can see that every time any outfit gives a party it issues a Blanket invitation to the was making acceptance impossible surely they Realise that after a Days work in an office or at a switchboard it is More fun to go out on a Date if you want to go out at All with somebody you know than to pile into a truck and whip nut to a party where you done to know a soul a an american girl the stars and strives Nice tour sett mourn in printed at la Patriot building. 97 a do u Al Totra. Nolc. For the u. S armed Force Ood a the auspices of la information and urdu Catlon division Eto Usa. 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