NAZI FANTASY.
RENAMING BRITAIN.
"DER GREATER ADOLFIN SEA."
(From Our Own Correspondent)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.
"Fifth Column , ' leaders are already publishing details of how Nazi Germany will rename England, it was indicated in Los Angeles in post cards passed out nnd sold. The cards, which also included a post card which bore the picture of Adolf Hitler, showed that England would be called "Reiehland" if and when the Nazis take over the island.
Eire (Ireland) is to be called "Eiryan." The North Sea will be "Der Greater Adolfin Sea." London will be renamed Unter den London; Wilhelmshaven will be "Hitlershavcn" in Upper Germany, \.-hile the Scottish Highlands are to be renamed "Der Heil Lands," according to the cards.
The Shetland Islands are to be called "Blitzkrieg Islands" when Hitler has won, the cards indicate. The cards have been brought to the attention of officials checking the activities of the "Fifth Column" in Southern California. The cards are sold at 2'd each or as much more as the purchaser cares to pay. Who gets the money was not disclosed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 157, 4 July 1940, Page 19
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