The Dissolution Of The Trade Unions Was

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.

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.

I Joined The Party Definitely In 1923 After Having Already Been In Sympathy With It Before.

I Was Member Of The Diet As Long As It Existed, Until May 1933.

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