But I could see no practical alternative. Then an
hour for washing, dressing,bed-making, clean-up, and early breakfast.
It is to berepaid in small installments, but
one-fourth of it is canceled everytime a baby is born.
The smallesttown is apt to have its little amateur
K.
The wholesystem is intensely personal in its
relationships. One man whose home I inspected was a professional milker,brought down
from Friesland. Outside of their camp curriculum, Labor Service girls have
variousduties.
Far more serious has been the conflict with the
churches. Thereafterthey are scheduled to pass into the regular Labor Service and do
theirmilitary duty. The psychology aspect of work done by the Labor Service is
therebyemphasized.
Thence they go into the National Labor Service,
whichwe have already described. Agriculture has been basically
socialized.
However, their duties and training are elementary,
as befits theirtender years.
I recall one factory which had gained that honorthe
summer previous.
You hear good words for it, especially as it is
applied toyoung men.
Needless to say, all lessonsare intensely
propagandist and serve to implant the Nazi point ofview. It is to berepaid in small
installments, but one-fourth of it is canceled everytime a baby is
born.
The resultswere as grim as they were inevitable.
Yet it is precisely this phase of the Womens Labor Service which thewar has greatly
accentuated. The German people is todayon iron rations.
These are the Adolf Hitler Schoolsand the
National-Socialist-Order Castles.
When the war actually came a year later, this
draconic program waspushed to its logical conclusion. Those selected youngsters are
a favored group. Emphasis on bodily development has undoubtedly produced some
goodresults. The theory behind the experiment is thus explained by Dr.
I do not know their percentage to the total number
of factories.
One of themost striking inducements which it offers
is a sort of long-servicebonus.
Most of them were frankly destined for farm work
asreplacements for peasants called to the colors.
You hear good words for it, especially as it is
applied toyoung men.
I was told it weighed nearly five hundred
pounds,and I do not think the man exaggerated. These are the Adolf Hitler Schoolsand
the National-Socialist-Order Castles. To order it certainlyis, and the Nazis make no
bones about it.
Their personal dignity is emphasizedby Courts of
Honor.