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existed among certain groups. However, a certain
part of the German population had, from the
beginning, been mentally opposed to the Nazi party regime.
These circles could be estimated at about twenty-five
percent of the population. They belonged principally
to the Communist and Social Democratic camps,
and to the church organizations, both Catholic and
Evangelical. This anti-Nazi mentality spread during
the last part of the war and characterized, as far
as can be estimated, about forty-five percent of the
population. In the opinion of the German I talked
to, this increase was not caused so much by the
rejection in principle of Nazi methods, but more by
the increasing realization that the Nazi regime was
about to lose the war.
After our visit in the Ruhr, we motored via
Hamburg to Copenhagen. Because of a heavy snowfall it
was a rather difficult journey, but it ended without
misfortune. An amusing episode might perhaps be
mentioned. In passing the frontier between Germany
and Denmark, we showed our papers in the usual
way to the English official, who, without further ado,
let us pass. When, shortly afterwards, we passed the
Danish frontier station, one of the Danish soldiers
saluted us. We interpreted this as a sign that they
considered an inspection superfluous and we
therefore continued without getting out of the car. Later
on, When we arrived at Aabenraa, we were stopped
by the chief of police, who told us that he had
received a telephone call from the border station ordering
our return. The message said that we had not
permitted ourselves to be inspected but had simply
continued without showing our papers. We were
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