German Officer Admits Hitler’s War Responsibility
(Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, April 28. No one in Britain, and probably few outside Germany, ever doubted upon whose shoulders rested the responsibility for the present war, but it is interesting to note that a similar conclusion is admitted by a German officer. In spite of Ribbentrop's claim yesterday that the Allies forced the war on Germany, a broadcast on April 20 by a German officer gave a different .view. He said that on January 24 the Fuehrer, addressing 7000 Germans just about to be commissioned as officers, stated that Germany had to demand the same sacrifices from her soldiers as in previous wars. He said that this war was hound to come at some time, and the Fuehrer wanted to conduct this 1 war while still alive, as it would be cowardly to shoulder the next generation with this struggle. This also confirms Hitler's statement to Sir Nevile Henderson, former British Ambassador to Berlin, that he could not wait for the war till he was older.
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Northern Advocate, 29 April 1940, Page 5
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