Not Yet

The Danziger Vorposten wrote with remarkable frankness: "It is stupid and even criminal to put into words what people are thinking in every house, tramway and street." Many Germans are weary, have the jitters. But their sense of discipline and their driving dread of defeat largely offset their fatigue.

Food. The average German's diet is still sufficient but extremely frugal. Lack of stores and salesclerks makes shopping ever more difficult. Housewives and workers (many are both) are urged to trudge twice to the shops, leaving their orders (written, of course, on Government-prescribed forms) in the morning, fetching parcels in the evening.

Money. Many Germans worry about inflation. Reich Minister of Economics Walther Funk recently tried to reassure an assembly of big shots at the Reichsbank: Never mind the rising tide of bank notes; the money situation is under control. But many people are buying whatever fixed values they can put their hands on (favorite investment: rare stamps, because they can be easily hidden and transported).

Humor. Just as Americans know Superman and Mickey Mouse, Germans know Kohlenklau (Coal Pincher), a funny-looking but evil kobold. His creator, egg-bald Berlin Cartoonist Hans Landwehrmann, endowed him with a bushy walrus mustache, a saucy apache cap. The little robber carries a huge thief's sack, crams into it precious fuel and food wasted by careless Germans.

This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.