The Diet Was Dissolved By A Reich

Although As A Sailor I Despised Politics - For I Loved My Sailor's Life And Still Love It Today - Conditions Forced Me To Take Up A Definite Attitude Towards Political Problems.

I Am Very Proud Of The Fact That Many Workers In My Gau, Numerous Former Communists And Social Democrats Were Won Over By Us And Became Local Group Leaders And Party Functionaries.

As I, As A Worker, Came To Know Them, The Aims Of German Trade Unions Were Political, And There Were A Number Of Various Trade Unions With Varied Political Views.

I Was Never Informed In Advance About The Start Of The War Or About Foreign Political Developments.

It So Happened That I Was On A German Sailing Vessel On The Way To Australia When The Ship Was Captured, And On The High Seas I Was Made Prisoner By The French.