Chapter Ten - War

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Chapter Ten
War
1 October 1938
Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia
 
In this chapter, Wolf and Otto give interviews to the press, Wolf on the 'bother' of the Sudetenland, and Otto condemning the Nazi invasion of  Czechoslovakia. In Prague, Sophie, Fritz, and the children are put under house arrest, and in Vienna, Wolf has a meeting with Horthy at the Belvedere to divide up parts of Czechoslovakia between the Reich and Hungary, its ally. Reinhard Heydrich is appointed Deputy Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, and a coup d'etat is planned against Wolf by the Wehrmacht. Sepp is allowed a divorce, but Ursula is not, even though she is pregnant, and Sepp expresses his ill opinion of the nascent Waffen-SS. Claus von Stauffenberg's unit is sent to Czechoslovakia, and the Greater Reich Jews are subjected to Kristallnacht, which for Claus becomes a turning point in his thinking, and he observes the unmilitary behaviour of the Waffen-SS. Deitrich and his companion pusblish a list of the Confessing Church pastors harassed by the regime, and he travels to America to stir up support for the resistance. 
 
Lebensraum, or Living Space for the Germanic people (the 'reason' for invading Czechoslovakia) and the ideal of a happy, Nazified world:







  Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass):




 
What Hitler Meant by Lebensraum in his own Words - with English translations of his speeches and sections from Mein Kampf. The 25 Point Program is included. Colour(ised) images and film. Chilling.
 Kristallnacht-The Beginning of the End -Brief and succint video by Simon Whistler.
 Reinhard Heydrich- The Butcher of Prague - Excellent biographical vid by Simon Whistler.
 How Allied and Nazi Generals Created the Clean Wehrmacht Myth - The other side of the Waffen-SS atrocities coin. This myth still exists today, and 'wehraboos' -fans of the Nazis- promote it. 
 How Could Germany Re-Arm So Quickly to Start WW2? Der Kommandant English. Long vid but very thorough explanation, goes on to secret programmers during the war. Excellent.

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