As I, as a worker, came to know them, the aims of German trade unions were political, and there were a number of various trade unions with varied political views.

Many years before, I had left a beautiful country and a rich nation and I returned to that country six years later to find it fundamentally changed and in a state of upheaval, and in great spiritual and material need.

Slaves who are underfed, diseased, resentful, despairing, and filled with hate will never yield that maximum of output which they might achieve under normal conditions.

It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and on the high seas I was made prisoner by the French.

My connection with the Reich Ministers was of a purely official nature and was very infrequent.

I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally.

As I, as a worker, came to know them, the aims of German trade unions were political, and there were a number of various trade unions with varied political views.