The Dissolution Of The Trade Unions Was

In My Gau, As Far As I Know, Only Communists Who Had Actually Worked Against The State Were Arrested.

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.

Only Communists And Social Democrats Who Acted Against The State Were Incarcerated. Most Of The Communists And Social Democrats I Had Known Became Nazis Later. Only Those Who Were Doing Anything Against The State Were Thrown In Concentration Camps.

I Had Repeatedly Made Written Requests To The Fuehrer That I Might Be Allowed To Join The Wehrmacht As An Ordinary Soldier. He Refused To Give Me This Permission.

I'm A Sailor, Not A Politician.