Pocket guide to Germany [electronic resource] / prepared by Army Information Branch, Army Service Forces, United States Army.

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Title	Pocket guide to Germany [electronic resource] / prepared by Army Information Branch, Army Service Forces, United States Army.
Alternative Title	Germany.
Item Number	w0048
Creator (Corporate)	United States. Army Service Forces. Information and Education Division.
Government Publisher	U.S. Government Printing Office
Original Date	1944
Physical Description	48 p. : maps ; 14 cm.
Notes	For use of Military Personnel only. Not to be republished, in whole or in part, without the consent of the War Department.--Inside front cover.
Table of Contents	Your job in Germany -- On guard: keep your distance -- On guard: keep your eyes open -- On guard: keep your guard up -- On guard: what the Germans think of the U.S. -- On guard: alibis -- On guard: health -- On guard: marriage facts -- Background: Nazi vacuum -- Background: glimpse of history -- Background: the German Empire -- Background: and before the German Empire... -- Background: why you are fighting Germany -- Background: landscape -- Background: climate -- In conclusion -- Annex: the German monetary system -- Annex: weights and measures -- Annex: language guide -- Annex: important signs.
Summary	Whether you fight your way in, or march in to occupy Germany under armistice terms, you will be doing a soldier's job on the soil of the enemy. The occupation of Germany will give you your chance to build up a personal guarantee that as soon as you turn your back to go home, the German will not pick up his shooting irons and start throwing lead and lies at an unsuspecting world once more. One of the greatest challenges of the Peace to come is to make certain that the German people will take their place as law-abiding, useful citizens in the family of nations... There must be no fraternization. This is absolute!... Within the limits of your instructions against fraternization and intimacy, you can by your conduct give them a glimpse of life in a Democracy where no man is master of another, where the only limit of success is a man's own ability. But don't argue. Don't try to convince them. If you can plant the seed of your pride of your country and its way of life, time and others will do the rest. In the meantime your very presence on German soil will serve as a constant demonstration to the German people, that the master race theory that sent them forth to bathe the world in blood, was just so much tragic nonsense. According to its own values, they should be occupying your home town instead of your occupying their soil. The 'master race' didn't make their point.--p.1-3
Local Note	Adopt-A-Document Partner: University of Richmond (Richmond, VA)
Topical Terms	World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Geographic Terms	#NAME?
Gov Doc Classification	W 109.110:G 31
Type	Text
Digital Format	.pdf
Digital Publication Date	Available in digital format: 2001-2002
Digitization Process	Scanned as 300 dpi .jpg; converted to Adobe .pdf
SMU File Name	w0048.pdf
Digital Collection	Historic Government Publications from World War II
Library	Government Information Resources
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	These files may be freely used. A high-quality version of these files may be obtained for a fee by contacting ncds@smu.edu.

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