ALLIES INSIDE GERMANY
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR ta,—With reference to the letter " Allies Inside Germany " published in he Spectator on July 17th, 1942, the organisers of this exhibition would .ke to raise the following points :
Herr Peter F. Wiener seems to have misunderstood the purpose of the xhibition; nowhere in this exhibition has the attempt been made to retend that there is already a very powerful opposition aga nst the Nazis nside Germany; what the organisers aa trying to prove is that there always has been a small and fearless opposition which without help or ncouragement from outside has carried on its underground struggle, that or the first time since Hitler came to power there seems to be now, wing to the enormous losses on the battlefield and the growing sufferings
t home, a more favourable situation for the German anu-Nazi opposition o gain recruits among the disillusioned masses.
The organisers of this exhibition agree with Herr Peter F. Wiener that azi-Germany will only collapse after they have suffered " a resounding military defeat," they have made it a point to show that the harder the military blows administered by the allies from both the East am' the West, the better are the chances for the opposition inside Germany to help to over- hrow the regime. We also agree with Herr Wiener that the fight of he anti-Nazis in Germany is yet lacking the strength and the power, listinguishing their struggle from that of the oppressed people in Europe. et, it must not be forgotten that the Gestapo-terror has been raging for almost ten years, and an army of 400,000 heroic " Soldiers of Free- om " have either been killed or taken to concentration camps as prisoners.
The exhibition " Allies Inside Germany," as Herr Wiener may have observed. pays tribute to the fighters of freedom everywhere; to the oldiers of Republican Spain, to C7echoslovakg, Belgians, Norwegians, &c.
c are happy to know that our efforts have been rightly interpreted by omeone who perhaps more than anybody else should feel resentment gainst Germany, by Dr. E. Benesh, President of the Czechoslovak Re- 'ublic. In a message to Herr Fladung, the organiser of the exhibition,
states;
" Words alone cannot defeat Hitler. I therefore greatly welcome your ssurance that you are firmly resoved to take an active part, within the imits of your resources, in the common struggle against the Nazis, and to oin forces with those who are fighting in the cause of freedom. May we hope that many Germans in Germany itself will be inspired to take the ame courageous course which you yourselves are following."—Yours
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