Transcription: Thursday 5/10/39 Lunched with Savickis, Lithuanian Minister, who is anxiously awaiting news of the Moscow-Kaunas "conversations", He remarked on the wisdom of his Govmt. having resisted advice for extremists to seize Vilna again before the Russians arrived. There was, he feared, little chance that Russia wd- hand it over. Deprived of its only part by the German seizure of Memel, Lithuania has not so much interest for Russia as Latvia & Estonia. Other guests were Adrien Lachenal, Borberg, Jean Martin, Mme- Feldmans, Skylstad. Sokoline today came back to his conviction of impending peace. As That would be a German victory - I don't agree. Also again emerged his fear of a possible Anglo-German alliance against Russia. That might be a possibility

Transcription: Have just seen a copy of a privately printed pamphlet by Herman Rauschning - "Herr Hitler, Ihre Zeit ist um - offenes wort und Letzter appell" No date or printer or publisher, but apparently written after the Russo-German Pact and before the war began. a powerful indictment, It ends:- "Wir aber wenden uns von Ihnen, dem das Los jedes Tyrannen gewiss ist.  Wir sagen uns von Ihnen los, um nicht mitschuldig zu werden an dem Verderben underer Kinder und dem Untergang unseres Volkes.  Wir scheiden uns von Ihnen und wollen nichts gemein haben mit dem, was Sie für deutsch und deutsche Zukunft halten.  Was in der Nation gesund ist, hat sich freigemacht von Ihrer Ideen. Der andere Teil mag mit Ihnen untergehen.  Ein einziges Raunen geht heute durch unser Volk. Noch ist es Raunen.  Aber es wird zum Schrei.  Und der Schrei wird zur Tat: Ihre Zeit ist um. Ihre Zeit und die Ihrer Eideshelfer. Dazu helfe uns Gott!"  Right page   Wrote to Walters a few days ago (he is in London) asking if he could there trace a copy of Rauschning's letter to Brost, written about the end of 1936, and recording a conversation with Hitler while he was President in Danzig. It came to my mind in connection with the fixing of the German frontier on the River Bug in Poland. In that conversation H. said his territorial aims were limited and in reply to one of his lieutenants (they were in intimate talk) he said he would take - (1) a slice of Denmark; (2) ditto Holland, (3) ditto Belgium (4) Alsace (I forget about Lorraine); (5) all German Switzerland (6) the Sudetenland; (7) Poland up to the river Bug. I thought it might be a useful document to publish now, of course with Rauschning's consent. He is a refugee in Paris, and might well play a great part in a democratised, post-war Germany.

Transcription: Left page   Monday 2/10/39 Munters' turn. The For. Min. of Latvia is en route to Moscow. Their terms will be easier than Estonia's were, I guess. Use of ports for commerce?  Right page   Pour M. & Mme. Lester de la part de MR. & MME. ISIDRO FABELA Souvenir de  vertue  sejour -  ...  Sep. 30/39 4/10/39. This card from Fabela, who is returning to Mexico, accompaned a fine handwoven, & multicoloured (?) tablelcloth [tapis]. It seems to be old. A pleasant and unexpected little gesture; Von Ketchevitch came in to say Goodbye. Yugo-Slavia is not yet open to him for internal political reasons. Politically intelligent I hope he soon finds some occupation. Saw him recently with Count & Countess Moretti in "the Bavaria". She is, perhaps wrongly, regarded in some quarters as an Italian agent.

Transcription: Left page   From our "Press Summary"!! "When thou hearest the fool rejoicing, "And he said: "It is over and past, "And the wrong was better than right, "And love turns to hate at the last, "And we strove for nothing at all ...." "Then loosen thy sword in the scabbard "And settle thy helm on thy head; "For men betrayed are mighty "And great are the wrongfully dead." Wm. Morris  Right page   1st. October. Sunday. Four week's war. We all feel it hasn't begun in the West. Poland wiped out - really in the first two weeks - by incomparable German strategy and overwhelming force. Warsaw surrendered a few days ago & today Hela put up the white flag The defence of Warsaw a week after the debacle was more than useless bravery; it was politically necessary to give the Polish nation & courage & pride for the future resurrection. The coming week will see the great Peace Offensive. Tonight Churchill said Hitler began the war but it will not be for him to say at what point it will stop. I have no doubt of the France-British answer. Churchill soft-pedalled about Italy and pointed out that Russia was entirely self-interested & that her interests in many respects coincided with those of the allies.

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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