EDITOR:

Following is the true story of witnessing child indoctrination of the worst kind.

My time to tell this lifetime incident has to be now as I am running out of time at 89 years old.

My parents and older Brother were born in Germany, my dad in 1897, mom 1901 and brother 1923. In 1925 they decided to move to America, the, land of freedom and unlimited opportunity if you are willing to work. I was the first American born in the family in 1932.

In 1935 my folks were informed that if they wanted to come to Germany to visit their relatives they had better do it soon as things were not looking good for much longer in Germany. Arrangements were made to do the trip in 1936. My brother Ernie at 13 years old quickly found friends to play with and I at 4 years old also had friends to play with. Ernie’s friends hinted at the exciting things they were learning in school. One day they told Ernie that they were going to a meeting and they asked if Ernie could come. The instructors said no because he was an American. The parents of these children at first thought of these meetings as we do Boy Scouts. They were also unsure of what they were learning in school. After we returned to America my mother got a letter from her brother stating that after we left her best friend decided that they weren’t going to allow their 14 year old to attend anymore meetings. Shortly after her best friend and husband disappeared during the night. These children were even indoctrinated to report on what their parents were doing and saying. These kids turned out to be the SS storm troops who wore the special black uniforms and turned out to be the most brutal. Young minds can be the easiest to control and it must be watched that anything of this sort doesn’t happen to our kids.

Norman Haase

Gladstone