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text: Wie eine Mauer von Erz
stehen unsere tapferen, heldenmütigen Truppen in Ost und West und schützen unser geliebtes Vaterland vor dem Einbruch der feindichen
Horden. Diese wollen uns mit Feuer und Schwert vernichten, unsere Frauen und Kinder wollen sie dem Hungertode preisgeben.
Denkt an Ostpreussen und Galizien![cont.]
Neue Feide, neue Söldlinge [cont.]
Hindenburg schärft das deutsche Schwert [cont.]
Gott ist sichtbar mit uns. [cont.]
Ist es da nicht eine Sünde [cont.]
Grösste Sparsamkeit ist heiligste Pflicht [cont.]
Des Deutschen Kriegssparkasse ist die Kriegsanleihe [cont.]
Darum zeichne jeder Kriegsanleihe, niemand darf sich ausschliessen - jeder zeichne, soviel er kann
Zeichnungen nehmen alle Banken, Sparkassen, Lebenversicherungsgesellschaften, Kreditgenossenschaften, sowie Postanstalten entgegen und
geben gern Auskunft.
BERNHARD
[Our brave, heroic troops stand in the East and the West like a wall of bronze and protect our beloved Fatherland from the incursions of
the enemy hordes. They want to annihilate us with fire and sword, they want to expose our wives and children to death by starvation. Think
of East Prussia and Galicia! Over 300,000 houses were burnt and destroyed, many hundreds of thousands of inhabitants lost house and home
and were reduced to poverty, and thousands were dragged away and killed. New enemies, new mercenaries pursue them in the war of
annihilation in order to eradicate all that is German from the face of the earth. They hate German loyalty, the German spirit, German
endurance. Now to it, must be our watchword. They shall feel what the German is capable of in the field and on his native soil. Our
Hindenburg is once again sharpening the German sword, let us show ourselves worthy of him at home. It is our duty to provide with a glad
heart the means the Fatherland needs to maintain the fighting power of the Army and Navy and alleviate the lives of our brave fighters. Our
weapon at home is the War Loan. Every German must subscribe! Don’t subscribe only what you have to spare now, but also what you can put
aside in the coming months, for the money does not have to paid in immediately. Only the amount must be subscribed straight away. The
larger the amount subscribed is, the greater the impression on our enemies, and the nearer peace. God is visibly with us. He has blessed
our harvest with richer rewards than we dared hope for. We will not go hungry! German work, the German spirit has wrenched their vile
weapons from our adversaries’ hands. Everyone is making a living, a great many are earning far more than in peacetime. In these grave times
is it not a sin to hide those earnings away and withhold them from the Fatherland or use them for unnecessary expenses, for titbits,
clothes, luxuries and good living, while out there our husbands, brothers and sons are enduring extreme hardship – for us?! Extreme thrift
is the most sacred duty of every German. This war is being waged not only with blood and iron, but also with bread and money. The German’s
war savings bank is the War Loan. If our heroic troops are out there storming the hostile fiery abysses bringing death and destruction,
then we have to know that at home too everyone is helping achieve victory and peace as far as it is in his power. Therefore let everyone
subscribe to the War Loan, nobody may rule himself out - let everyone subscribe as much as he can. Subscriptions are accepted at all banks,
savings banks, life insurance companies and credit cooperatives as well as at post offices, and they are happy to provide
information.] | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Hindenburg Home Front postal services Germany Paul von war loans / savings First World War civilian effort WW1 German Home Front Imperial German Army | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bernhard, Lucien | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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