They Fought Hitler First; A Report on the Treatment of German Anti-Nazis in Concentration Camps from 1933 to 1939, Based on Contemporary Records
New York, N.Y. American Association for a Democratic Germany, 1945. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Pamphlet. 15, [1] pages. Some discoloration and wear. RARE. Foreword by William Ernest Hocking, Alford Professor Emeritus, Harvard University. This pamphlet includes a brief chronological account of concentration camps in Germany from their inauguration in 1933 until the beginning of the war in 1939, based on contemporary records published in the democratic countries and available to the general public. William Ernest Hocking (August 10, 1873 – June 12, 1966) was an American idealist philosopher at Harvard University. He continued the work of his philosophical teacher Josiah Royce (the founder of American idealism) in revising idealism to integrate and fit into empiricism, naturalism and pragmatism. He said that metaphysics has to make inductions from experience: "That which does not work is not true." His 22 books included works on philosophy and human rights, freedom of the press, and human nature. William Hocking argues that we owe something to that Germany which struggled against the inevitable until a million and a quarter had been in the Nazi concentration camps, 15 per cent of whom were Jews and 85 per cent non-Jews, while we of the Western powers smiled on and appeased their prosecutors.
The American Association for a Democratic Germany had among its officers: Reinhoild Nieburh and Dorothy Thompson as Vice-Chairmen and William Ernest Hocking, Charles LaFollette, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, III, and Victor Reuther were among the members of the National Committee. From its Statement of Purpose its aim was "To Foster the development of genuine democracy in Germany. Only if the common people of Germany get help in establishing democratic ways and educating their children to democratic living can Germany be a healthy, peaceful state, and can Europe and the world be safe. Democracy is possible in Germany. Seek out the proven democrats. They will come from the concentration camps and prisons where Hitler had to chain them. Condition: Fair.
Keywords: Nazis, Concentration Camps, World War II, Anti-Nazis, Propaganda, Germans, Democracy, Democrats, Buchenwald, Political Prisoners
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