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laborers from one place to another. In the heavily
bombed mining towns there were simply no houses.
I also see before me the German government
representative in a refugee camp outside Cologne, one
of those camps filled with thousands of people who
illegally crossed the frontiers between the Russian
and western Allied zones. He was arrogantly critical
when he talked at length about the unhappy fate of
Germany, and accused the French authorities of
being inhuman in not permitting refugees to settle
in their Zone. Here was a man who had learned
nothing from the Hitler regime.
It was a joy after this experience to meet the old
and cultured President of the University of Cologne,
Professor Kroll. He sat there talking quietly and
wisely about his students, about their enormous
difficulties in acquiring books and other study
materials, and about their political interests and
attitudes. They did not care for Naziism, he said. They
were generally convinced that it was responsible for
the present position in Germany. On the other hand,
neither did the majority of the students care to enter
one of the new democratic parties. They feared that
developments might be such that if they joined
one, they would be held responsible in the future,
the same as in the case of the old Nazi party.
Finally, there was Sir Brian Robertson, the British
Supreme Commander in Berlin, who had kindly
invited me to lunch. At that time, the increasing tension
between East and West cast its shadow over the
former German capital. It also shadowed our
conversation. He said that the English and American
should not leave Berlin. Otherwise he was not very
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