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I think some <strong>of</strong> the persons found themselves better <strong>of</strong>f than at any time in their lives before."<br />

Dr.James K.Pollack, AMG<br />

FED THEIR HELP AND FED THEM WELL:<br />

"What did the Germans do to get efficient production from forced labor that we were not able to do<br />

with Germans working down the mines? <strong>The</strong>y fed their help and fed them well."<br />

Max H. Forester, Chief <strong>of</strong> AMG's Coal and Mining Division, July 1945<br />

AND EDUCATED THEM TOO<br />

"When the Second World War broke out in 1939, he joined the Army, attaining the rank <strong>of</strong> lancesergeant<br />

before being captured at Dunkirk in 1940. He spent the next five years in prisoner-<strong>of</strong>-war<br />

camps in Poland, East Prussia and Bavaria, using the time to pass examinations in a number <strong>of</strong><br />

subjects, including economics and banking."<br />

<strong>The</strong> Times, March 16 th 1995 obituary on Lord Mulley, former Cabinet Minister<br />

CHAPTER.18<br />

A CHRISTIAN NATION CRUCIFIED<br />

<strong>The</strong> Sudetenland is a territory about 180 miles long; the size <strong>of</strong> Belgium with a population similar to<br />

that <strong>of</strong> Norway or Ireland. German for 700 years and lying on the rich borderlands between Germany,<br />

Austria and what is now Czechoslovakia.<br />

Under the harsh terms <strong>of</strong> the Versailles Treaty, the Sudeten Germans and their lands were forced to<br />

become part <strong>of</strong> the newly-created Czechoslovakian state. At Munich, Prime Minister Neville<br />

Chamberlain corrected this injustice, which has since been described as '<strong>The</strong> Munich sell-out' by those<br />

who had wanted to make the 'Sudeten problem' a cause for war.<br />

"<strong>The</strong> worst <strong>of</strong>fence (<strong>of</strong> the Versailles Treaty) was the subjection <strong>of</strong> over three million Germans to<br />

Czech rule." - H.N. Brailsford, Leading left-wing Writer<br />

"<strong>The</strong> Munich Pact was a triumph for all that was best and most enlightened in British life."<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor A.J.P Taylor<br />

Throughout the Second World War, "<strong>The</strong> Czechs proved themselves the most loyal collaborators <strong>of</strong><br />

Hitler's Germany. <strong>The</strong> Germans did not even consider it necessary to undertake a sifting <strong>of</strong> Czech<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficials. <strong>The</strong> whole Czech economy worked for the war without friction."<br />

Verbrechen am Deutsch Volk Dokumente Allierter Grasamkeiten 1939 - 1949, Verlag K.W Scheutz,<br />

Goettingen, 1964, p.245<br />

<strong>The</strong> Protectorate was so benign and prosperous during the war years that its economy actually<br />

improved, and the greatest problem faced by the Germans was Czech immigration - to Germany.<br />

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