NAZI AGGRESSION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24421, 5 October 1940, Page 20

NAZI AGGRESSION

THE HELP OF SCIENTISTS The allegation that German scientists in all parts of the world are acting as advance agents for the Nazi war machine was made by Wilton Krogman, associate professor of physical anthropology at the University of Chicago (says the New York Times). Professor Krogman said that a study of German scientific journals revealed that German anthropologists, geologists, and paleontologists, did scientific research in most cf the small nations invaded by the Nazis a jhort time before the army struck. The results of scientific visits to '.he Sudetenland were publisher 1 just before the Sudetenland was engulfed, and these " research" reports have appeared just prior to each conquest since, Professor Krogman said. These visits provide both "justification" for the invasion and more practical aid, such as detailed maps, information on the terrain, the availability of raw materials, and other pertinent data. Professor Krogman remarked. "The major purpose of the anthropological studies," he said. " was to demonstrate that the physical type of Germans living outside Germany is identical with that of Germans living within Germany. This has resulted in acceptance in Germany of the concept that persons cf German descent living outside Germany always remain German in physical type, and also in spirit. This may be used as an opening wedge for the ' protection * of German minorities in any given country."