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fcals. Tt was eran opeee porting through jokes some of the suppressed news ahout Spain, which . forced German newspapers to print : some facts about German soldiers J fighting in Spain. In the recent Czech * crisis, it was the Flisterwitze which carried the true facts and caused many German saldiers to flee over the Swiss border. Favorite organ of the masses, the spoken press is held _to be far more interesting than the 3,000 newspapers controlled by the. Propaganda Ministry. Space in itis — unlimited. It cannot_be corrupted. Bans are ineflective. Contributors are. ” Circulation is no prob- ui lem; i days all Germany . knows the Jatest ‘story. The style in which the stulf is “written” is pop. ular, Vigorous, crisp; asingle sentence crystallizes an idea, sheds light upon the darkest and most complicated is- sue. Every current joke is an editoria’ upon 3 Nazi government action. If they do nothing else, the poli- tical gags do a good job of counter~ palancing the powerful and sugges tive government propaganda, cducat- ing and disillusioning the people, un- masking the Nazi idols and the hypo- crisy, fallibilities and cannibalistic spirit of the regime. They constitute a weapon of self-defense, the potency of which is indicated by the spreading of Flisterwitss by the Nazis them: “gelves, who play with the poisoned weapon of the enemy. Unceasing, atéevery hour of the day, everywhere that two OF more