After spending four years on the Continent of Europe, two of which were spent in Vienna, Major Astley Campbell has returned to New Zealand. What impressed him most on entering Germany from Austria, he said in an interview, was the solemn appearance of the Germans. There was rarely a smile; they seemed to be under a cloud. It was impossible io discover the real feeling of Germans to their Nazi regime, as they were afraid to speak out. While the young people were sincere in their devotion to Herr Hitler, the attitude of the older generation was less certain. There was a rumour during the Czech crisis that senior German officers had written to friends in England expressing the hope that Britain would fight, as an opportunity might then be presented for a rising in Germany. Major Campbell said he liked the German people he had met. One sensed that there was a shortage of commodities in Germany. It was almost impossible to get cream, and butter was available in only small quantities. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For Influenza Colds. I
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 May 1939, Page 8
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