Transcription: 11th November   Monsignor Curran, Rector of the Irish College in Rome, has written to the Dublin newspaper a letter protesting against the application of sanctions to Italy - "attempt to starve 40,000,000 people"; "position of Irish clerics who are guests of Italy" etc Not a word about law between nations, or the rights of a League member attacked by an Imperialist aggressor. Apart from the medeavalism of Abyssinia every word Msgr. Curran writes could be used to recuse any Imperialist power from the consequences of grab.   The Catholic Church is of course in a very difficult position even if its governments were not largely Italian in nationality. (over 50% of the Cardinals)   The "Irish Independent" of course takes its cue in what is virtually a pro-Italian leading article. My intimate knowledge of this newspaper for more than 20 years has brought  conviction that its direction is entirely without principles or courage in any political crisis. I have particularly in mind its behaviorism in the Black & Tan campaign & in our tragic civil war. It is a business concern.

Transcription: Extract from one of my epistalary curiosities consigned                                                                to W. P. B: -   "Some weeks ago I have had the intention to "write to Your Excellency about certain matters. "But in the moment as I finished my notices it knocked "at the door, alas! policemen stepped in, and the "common procedures against the foes of the Brown "Government took place. My manuscripts a.s.o. they "took with them. The next day when I did make my "return of visit they shaked hands with me, but my "written to give back they made no preparations. "Well, I am thinking they need the stuff for their "museum wherein - that is a fact - the stolen goods "furnished with names, are laid out for objects of "culture. Fine culture that, in which the oppressors "play the part as cultural guardians.   "In comparison to the bearings of those people "who are fearing revenge if they complain their "sufferings, my unpleasantnesses are less important. "How hard the Brown Dictatorship is lasting upon the people of Danzig tells a remarcable sentence:   "Your sufferings still bear,   You are only a foreign legionar,   When you perish by the roadside   Then it got you the brown tide.   "More of this songs would be heard if people "could say what it thinks, but their sayings are forbidden, and to have an opinion is not allowed.                       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   "Yes, Hitler fears the loss of Danzig, more, "he fears the loss of his head, then where a pear is rolling there roll others too. If this occurs "sometimes it means only a revenge of development against its despisers, it is the iron law of perpetual repaying.   "I for my part do not believe in political "christian charity, likewise I do not believe in the "generosity of trampled. folks. Once a day the hate will reach the explosive efficacy of a whole  loading of dynamite.".

Transcription: Zarski, the Editor of the Vorposten, is now 23 years, having been appointed to edit the Party's official journal at 21. He takes orders direct from Forster, the Gauleiter. A slim dark-haired youth, with deep brown eyes, and with a name ending in "-ski" he preaches the Nazis doctrines of Nordism & blood & race to the racially-mixed population of this frontier town. He might well, from appearances, be a handsome young Jew. 6th November. Dined last night with ex-Senator Frank  of the Port Board. Ferber, who was principal advisor to the Senate on foreign affairs for twelve years, was there as well as Dr. Prof. Kauffmann, of the Hospital. The latter feels very deeply humiliated by German Nazi doctrines which he defines as barbarous & medieval. He thinks a revolution will come in Germany even within six months, a view I do not share. I ask him "Where are the leaders?" & he answers "Hunger will be the leader." He also says the Nazis would get 15% to 20%, in a free election in Danzig "with an international police force." Ferber thinks the "Kraft durch Freude" policy by which N.S. Party sends hundreds & even thousands of poor people on free trips to Germany & elsewhere is having a big effect.

Transcription: November 2nd 1935.    The "Danziger Vorposten", the organ of the  National Socialist Party, has an article this morning commenting on the refusal of the International Court at the Hague to appoint an ad hoc Judge to represent Danzig in the case of the amendment to the Criminal Code. First of all it expresses its regret that a question of this kind should ever have gone to the Court instead of being settled with good-will at Geneva. This seems a little comic in view of the facts. I asked the Senate to withdraw the decree and they refused to discuss it with me, saying that it was perfectly correct; I said I would insist upon the Council taking the responsibility as to the constitutionality of the law. The representative of the Senate said in that event they would endeavour to have the matter referred to the Permanent Court. I pointed out to him at the time that if this question were allowed to come up for decision by the Council and/ or, the Permanent Court, the result would be to put on trial not only the action of the Danzig Govern- ment in the eyes of the legal world, but the action of Germany whose law had been copied by Danzig. It would seem that this fact has after two months percolated into what passes for a  political mind in Danzig.    The writer of the article concludes with the  humorous remark that the decision of the Court when known will show whether a Danzing Judge was needed or not!

Description: Ratne bojne dopisnice (Feldpost) bile su najfunkcionalnije sredstvo komuniciranja vojnika sa porodicom tokom Prvog svjetskog rata. Većinom su bile cenzurisane i na njima se nalazio pečat vojne cenzure, regimentalni pečat i pečat vojne pošte. Na velikom broju dopisnica nalazila su se sva tri pečata, međutim, nerijetko se nalazio samo jedan ili dva. Poznato je da su vojnici bili strogo kažnjavani ukoliko su svjesno pisali bilo šta što otkriva vojne tajne. Pisati su mogli samo vojnici. Sve što bi napisali davalo bi se vojnom cenzoru da to pregleda i tek kad on odobri moglo se poslati porodici. Čitajući pisma, može se uvidjeti da su ona poprilično štura, te da su dobro pazili o svemu šta je napisano, upravo iz razloga da bi izbjegli probleme sa nadređenim. Feldpost sistem Austro-ugarske Monarhije, omogućavao je vojnicima da komuniciraju sa svojim najbližima. Sačuvane razglednice i pisma pružaju lični pogled na to kako su pojedini vojnici doživljavali sukobe. || Devet bojnih dopisnica (Feldpost)

Description: Este un volum de jurnal din cele trei deţinute de Biblioteca Judeţeană Octavian Goga Cluj. || Dumitru Nistor, ţăran din satul Năsăud s-a născut în 1893. Visând din copilărie să călătorească şi să vadă ţări străine, în 1912, când vine vremea “număraşului” (recrutării) el cere să fie primit nu în miliţia ardeleană, unde erau recrutaţi de obicei românii, ci în marina austro-ungară. Terminând şcoala de marină, după o călătorie la Viena, este îmbarcat ca Geschützvormeister (“primul îndreptător de tun”) pe vasul SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth, cu destinaţia Asia. Prins de război în Marea Chinei, crucişătorul Kaiserin Elisabeth participă la câteva bătălii navale, pentru ca în 2 noiembrie 1914 să se hotărască scufundarea lui. Echipajul pierde şi lupta terestră, este luat prizonier de japonezi şi transportat în arhipelagul nipon. Timp de zece luni, ţăranul-marinar din Năsăud va fi prizonier într-o mănăstirea buddhistă din Himeji, iar apoi mutat într-un lagăr, construit special pentru prizonierii germani şi austrieci, la Aonogahara, nu departe de Kobe, unde va rămâne până la sfârşitul anului 1919.

Description: Potrošačka kartica sadrži podatke o osobama koje su se prijavljivale radi raspodjele živežnih namirnica u Zagrebu tijekom Drugog svjetskog rata. Sadrži podatke o podnosiocu prijave (ime i prezime, adresa) te osobama koje se nalaze u kućanstvu, njihova imena, godine rođenja, odnos prema podnosiocu prijave, zanimanje i mjesto rada.

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