[Milsurplus] Why Germany lost the war

[Hubert Miller]

The Reich had a job for everyone, but it was kind of an uptight place.
If you cared for freedom of choice, that was not the place for you.
I read today a short article in a German radio-guide magazine. The article talked about the penalty for listening to ‘enemy radio stations’.
The standard penalty was 15 months in prison. Listening to just music programs was no excuse, either. If enemy propaganda you heard

damaged the ‘fighting spirit’ of the populace, even if only via a third person passing on what you heard, the penalty could go to 15 years in prison.

Or you could get the death penalty. 

What an asphyxiating atmosphere.

-Hue 

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