22 Sept 1945 Jahr - "There is a very apparent Semitic influence in the press. They are trying to do two thing; first, implement Communism and second, see that all businessmen of German ancestry and non Jewish antecedents are thrown out of their jobs." George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; 22-Sept. 26

Beschreibung:

September 22, 1945 (cont'd p.2)
There is a very apparent Semitic influence in the press. They are trying to do two thing; first, implement Communism and second, see that all businessmen of German ancestry and non Jewish antecedents are thrown out of their jobs. They have utterly lost the Anglo-Saxon conception of justice and feel that a man can be kicked out because somebody else says he is a Nazi. They were evidently quite shocked when I told them I would kick nobody out without the successful proof of guilt before a court of law. If people have time to read anything besides number of points which will get a soldier home, I will probably make the front page, but, frankly, do not give a damn. The attitude of the American people as evinced by the press and the radio is such I am inclined to think I made a great mistake in serving them for nearly forty years, although I had a very good time doing it. Another point which the press harped on was the fact that we are doing too much for the Germans to the detriment of the DP's, 20000 of whom are Jews. I could not give the answer to that one because the answer is that, in my opinion and /that of most non-political officers, it is vitally necessary for us to build Germany up now as a buffer state against Russia; in fact, I am afraid we have waited too long. If we let Germany and the German people be completely disintegrated and starved, they will certainly fall for Communism, and the fall of Germany for Communism will write the epitaph of Democracy in the United States. The more I see of people, the more I regret that I survived the war.

Zugefügt zum Band der Zeit:

Datum: