On 14 August 1941 US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill made the following declaration of “certain common principles in the national policies of their respective countries on which they base their hopes for a better future of the world.” [...]
1. On the establishment of the present regime in Germany in the spring of 1933 and the dismissal or putting into retirement of a number of distinguished university teachers, either on grounds of opinion or on grounds of race, the Academic Assistance Council was formed (in May 1933) with a view to finding for those so displaced opportunities of continuing their scientific work in various institutions in this country or elsewhere. [...]
Es bedarf keiner Rechtfertigung, daß ein Buch wie das des Abbé Godin „Ist Frankreich Missionsland?“ auch auf dem deutschen Büchermarkt erscheint. – Seit dem Mainzer Katholikentag und den aufrüttelnden Worten des Paters Ivo Zeiger sind, Gott dank, auch die deutschen Katholiken unruhiger geworden. Es war hohe Zeit; denn viel ist schon gewonnen, wenn wir die Situation richtig sehen. Dann erst können wir die rechten Mittel finden, um der drohenden Gefahr zu begegnen. [...]
Français, J’ai rencontré, jeudi dernier, le chancelier du Reich. Cette rencontre a suscité des espérances et provoqué des inquiétudes. Je vous dois à ce sujet quelques explications. [...]
Franzosen, Ich habe am letzten Donnerstag den Kanzler des Deutschen Reiches getroffen. Diese Begegnung hat Hoffnungen geweckt und Besorgnis hervorgerufen. Ich schulde Ihnen dazu einige Erklärungen.[...]
Dear Sola, I did so much enjoy meeting you the other day, and it was very kind of you to come to see me. I much hope that whenever you are in England you will let me know, and that we meet again soon. My publishers are becoming rather restive with my regard to the £45 which the Albanian Government, through General Pariani , agreed to buy. You very kindly said you would inquire into that matter for me. I am rather anxious, as I am in no position to pay the money myself.[...]