In my Gau, as far as I know, only Communists who had actually worked against the State were arrested.

In my Gau, as far as I know, only Communists who had actually worked against the State were arrested.

I was never informed in advance about the start of the war or about foreign political developments.

I am very proud of the fact that many workers in my Gau, numerous former Communists and Social Democrats were won over by us and became local group leaders and Party functionaries.

I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier.

The dissolution of the trade unions was in the air then.

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.