Dedication
It is with admiration and gratitude for the great work he has done for the German
people that I dedicate this book to the Führer.
A. P. L.
To the Reader
There are two sides to every question. You have read one side in our Press for six
years. This book gives the other side.
A. P. L.
Preface
It is a great pleasure to me to introduce the public to Dr. Laurie's valuable book
on modern Germany. He is best known to the world as a brilliant scientist, but he
has found time in the intervals of his work to pursue with ardour the task upon
which every sensible member of the British and German races should be
engaged - namely the establishment of good relations and a better understanding
between these two great nations.
Dr. Laurie knows full well that this friendship is the keystone to peace in Europe -
nay, in the whole world.
He is one of the small group who founded the Association known as "The Link",
whose sole aim is to get Britons and Germans to know and understand one
another better. He is one of the most zealous workers in this good cause in the
country.
He writes of the National Socialist movement with knowledge and great
sympathy.
The particular value of this book lies in the fact that it is written by a foreigner,
who cannot be accused of patriotic excess in his interpretation of the great work
done by Herr Hitler and his associates. I recommend this volume with confidence
to all people who are genuinely impressed with the desire to understand one of
the
greatest - and most bloodless - revolutions in history.
BARRY DOMVILE
Robin's Tree
8th May 1939.
"As we advance in our social knowledge, we shall endeavour to make our
governments paternal as well as judicial; that is, to establish such laws and
authorities as may at once direct us in our occupations, protect us against our
follies, and visit us in our distresses; a government which shall repress
dishonesty, as now it punishes theft; which shall show how the discipline of the
masses may be brought to aid the toils of peace, as the discipline of the masses
has hitherto knit the sinews of battle; a government which shall have its soldiers
of the ploughshare as well as its soldiers of the sword, and which shall distribute
more proudly its golden crosses of
industry - golden as the glow of the harvest - than it now grants its bronze crosses
of
honour - bronzed with the crimson of blood."
RUSKIN.
Political Economy of Art.
"All front fighters fought side by side and went through an inferno. They are all
comparable to the heroes of the ancient world. It was the manhood of the nations
in their prime who fought and experienced the horrors of modern war.
In another war the flower of the nations' men and women will have to fight.
Europe will be destroyed if the best in all of the nations are wiped out. A new
conflict will exceed even the ghastly tragedies of the Great War.
I believe that those who rattle the sabres have not participated in war. I know that
war veterans speak and think differently.
They energetically desire to prevent another conflict. I hope that the men who are
standing before me can contribute to preserve the peace of the
world - a peace of honour and equality for all.
Let us not talk of prestige as between the victors and the defeated. This is my one
request: Forget what has divided the nations before and remember that history has
advanced."
Field Marshal GOERING
addressing the British and German war veterans.
  
The Case for Germany
A Study of Modern Germany
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