GERMANY OF TODAY DOES NOT FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LAST WAR
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Recd. 9.50 p.m.)—The Chancellor of the West German Federal Republic, Dr. Adenauer, in an interview published today, said Germany did not feel responsible for starting the Second World War. “The population of Western Allied countries still considers Germany of today as responsible for the beginning | of the war.” he said. “Germany of today, however, does not feel responsible.” Dr. Adenauer made the statement in the magazine “United States News and World Report.” He was asked about the recent public singing in Berlin of “Deutschland über Alles.” He replied: “Now that is a nice song. We like it. The words are nice, too.” Dr. Adenauer asserted that the song was directed against the Soviet zone. He added: “If the German people in lhe future are to be a barrier against Asia, they must feel like a nation. If
they are prohibited from singing such a song it would create bitter feelings.” The Chancellor said Germany’s chief objectives were to build houses and keep the peace.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19500517.2.41
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, 17 May 1950, Page 5
Word Count
178GERMANY OF TODAY DOES NOT FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LAST WAR Wanganui Chronicle, 17 May 1950, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.