OPINION TESTED.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WAR. SYDNEY, March 17. Questions put to 150 German civilians revealed remarkable unanimity about the responsibility of the Nazi Party leaders for beginning the war, and for its present hopeless continuance, reports Mr John Fairfax, ‘'Sydney Morning Herald” war correspondent on the Rhine. The questions included: “Do you think the war is being prolonged for the good of Germany or for the good of the Nazi Party leaders?” The answers were: For the good of Germany, two. For the good of the Nazi Party leaders, 115. The balance did not answer. To the question: “Who do you think is responsible for the outbreak of war?” The answers were: The Nazi Party Leaders, 123; the German High Command, 20; the German people as a whole, 1 ; the Allies, 1. The questions were put to equal numbers of men and women. It wa's in the form of a secret ballot—they were not required to sign their answers, nor did they show them to each other. All but ten thought the Allies would win the wa x.-
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 154, 12 April 1945, Page 5
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