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2REr IMvolve Car-.1 ar-Fri-rdin-omo ) in-ouldtate-else-ork,ads,rardightCitizen Writer Pursues German Art; Politics OutGilbert Bailey of Delphi, Indiana university student now in Munfch, Germany, discusses German art and politics and his reasons for choosing to devote his energies to the former in his letter to the Citizen this week. His suggestion of German intoleranceSocialist party at Nuremburg, where the Nazis are “rededicating and reconsecrating themselves to the unfinished task.'*Every day on the way uptown I pass by one of the most famous spots intrityterndsselluidformoofno.ce-ostcaland popular unrest were hardly cal-\ mcK*ern Germany—the corner where cutiated to please German officials had j four*een of Hitler’s followers were they elected to open his letter, as is|sllot anlt;* killed by government sold-frequently the case with other cor- iers during the Munich “Beer Cellar respondents. Criticizing modern Ger-j Revolt” in 1923. Hitler, himself, was many, even mildly, is hazardous for injured when he threw himself to any tourist in Germany. This fact Ithe sidewalk to escape the bullets, makes his letter this week particular- The corner is marked by huge ly interesting. j green wreaths and a Nazi flag. Twoimmobile sentries stand guard.BY GELBERT HADLEY I We Americans do not salute. For(Special To The Citizen) j the tourist that point is significant.V’tliy»nsewr-r-s.rswMunich, Germany, Sept. 18—A3 the I Here in Bavaria Nazism is softened Citizen’s foreign correspondent I don’t I and mellowed. There is little clicking expect any headlines on my inciden-1 of heels and practically no goose-step-al experiences—jbut I did see Hitler ing. Harsh militarism is blended with yesterday at close range. Rubbing el- j the buoyant life that has for ages bows with the wrorld famous is one of j been characteristic of southern Ger-the enduring pleasures of being an I many.American tourist loose in Europe. | All this makes Bavaria a congenial I was one of a small group which I place for tourists. Southern Germany, captured a peek at der Fuhrerl relieved of rigorous militarism, is on through a window in the rear of the 1 the surface delightful country. The Haus der Deutschen Kunst”, the gal-1 foreign traveler is welcome to come lery of modern German art here in J and go as he pleases, to visit theMunich. A few minutes later Hitler, J Munich art galleries and museums,dressed in civilian clothes, emerged j which are reputed to represent the from the building. I had in the j best in the Kultur of the Fatherland, meantime picked out a spot in the But I have a suspicion that it is front row of the crowd which lined a delightful country only to the un-the walk from the gallery to Hitler’s suspecting traveler. Doubtless, Ger-car. I was close enough to brush many is not a delightful place for the shoulders with him 'as he went by. less gullible and more sensitive of But I didn’t. j the German people. I am quite sureHe smiled his blessing on his ad- it is an even more inhospitable placemiring audience, stepped into his car for the foreigner who forgets hissFIand was whisked away. The occasion was one of the dictator’s frequent goodwill visits to Munich, the city in which Nazism was hatched and cradled.He left Munich today to open the fifth annual congress of the Nationalrole as naive tourist.The key to a pleasant stay here is a complete lack of interest, at least obvious interest, in the vital facts of German politics and economy. Something tells me to stick to the art galleries.lt;todegriinsactbymabemaaccedingrapperber.F; vote goal earl; in 1 held nigh grov cast
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Delphi Citizen
Delphi, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 23, 1937
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