“The Joke Is On Germany”
In a Polish town the Germans put up notices outside the public gardens saying "Reserved for Germans.” The following morning all notices were found to have been removed and placed in prominent positions in the local cemetery. » * * * Conversation overheard in a fashionable Berlin thoroughfare:— First Onlooker: Look at that attractive woman there. How well dressed she is. Second Onlooker: No wonder. Her hat is from France, her gloves from Norway, her stockings from Belgium, her boots from Poland. - First Onlooker: Nothing from Russia? Second Onlooker: Oh, yes. Her mourning veil. In Berlin there have been great celebrations in aid of “winter help” and citizens have been pestered ceaselessly to contribute. Berliners tell a story of how when Hess arrived in Scotland the Scotch fled to the hills. Inevitably the question “Why?” is asked. “They were afraid he’d ask them to contribute to ‘winter help’,” came the retort.
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Northern Advocate, 19 November 1941, Page 2
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152“The Joke Is On Germany” Northern Advocate, 19 November 1941, Page 2
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