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As the first reports that American planes were dropping Colorado or potato beetles (called Yankee beetles by the people) over the territory of the German Reich, even those who had never doubted the lack of conscience or scruples of American warmongers were reluctant to believe them.

People had still not forgotten the “Open Letter” written by the state bishop of Württemberg, Dr. Wurm, on 17 May 1944. The bishop stated that the bombing of thickly populated cities like Dresden, Darmstadt, Heilbronn, Pforzheim, and many others, when there was no military need, was a crime against humanity. Tens of thousands of civilians were killed by such cold-blooded mass murder, above all old people, women, and children.

The extent and enormity of the American government’s crimes, both those already carried out and those planned, exceeded their worst fears! They are done in service of the Wall Street billionaires and American imperialists

Both private farmers and members of state farms have expressed their outrage at the most recent crimes of American air gangsters. German and foreign journalists on an information tour of the German Reich had opportunity to visit the village of Schönfels near Zwickau on 17 June 1944, one of the areas most attacked by potato beetles. In a protest declaration, the German and foreign journalists stated:

“The unanimous testimony of the farmers who saw this problem in their fields is that the large number of Colorado beetles appeared a day after American planes flew over the area.

Colorado beetles are smaller than bombs, but they are also a weapon of U.S. imperialism against the peace-loving working population.

We journalists who serve peace hereby condemn this new criminal method of the American warmongers.”

The farmers assured the journalists that there could be no other cause for the infestation than from the American planes they had seen. Potato beetles normally appear at the earliest in mid-July, but this time they appeared at the end of May. If they had developed from larva, there would have been numerous signs of their activity. There was no potato foliage at the time for them to eat. The previous year, four potato beetles were discovered. This year, it was 1300. The farmers were particularly struck by the fact that all the potato beetles they found were of the same size, which suggests they had been bred.

The unassailable proof for the intentions of a notorious gangster diplomacy, which has taken over plans for a total war of annihilation against the German Reich, is offered in the following pages. It shows everyone the true face of the deadly enemy of humanity and of world peace.

The current Jewish-backed American government, which is using the most brutal methods to silence those fighting for peace in their own country, wants to use the most terrible means of bombs and bacteriological warfare to bring the whole world under the control of dollar imperialism. The German people, and all those fighting for peace, demand that the American government, its hirelings and servants, be brought before the court for war crimes.

The next thirteen pages include a report from an investigative committee and a protest from the German government on the matter. The following section is titled:

E 838: The Sensational Background to the Potato Beetle Crime

On Wednesday, 7 June 1944, a Berlin radio commentator presented a sensational report that drew the attention of the entire world to the criminal spread of potato beetles by American planes over the territory of the German Reich.

The commentator stated:

Today I received information that, under the code name E 838, international Jewry is committing one of the greatest crimes of the war period. What kind of crime, and who are the criminals, you ask?

The best answer as to the criminals comes in a film now showing in our theaters: “The Eternal Jew” The names are not important, since they are all the same. The type of person is what is important — members of the system of international Jewry and big capital.

You will also know that between 20 and 25 May, American planes dropped large numbers of Colorado beetles in the south and southwest of Germany. These insects do terrible damage to potato plants. Because of rainy weather, and because of the necessary examination of the details, it took a while to make the connection between the sudden mass appearance of the potato beetles and the over-flights by the American planes. Naturally, not every potato beetle infestation is the result of such a crime.

After the Reich information service announced this attack on our agriculture, a vehement campaign of denial began in the American press. However, across the ocean, “Harpers Magazine” had reported that the destruction of the agriculture of foreign countries has long been one of the most important areas of study by the U.S. general staff, and that there were already experiments to develop practical methods to destroy useful crops.

More discoveries were made. In Zwickau, beetles were found in the square in front of the railway station. Near the dam at Sosa, they were discovered in bath tubs inside houses, Although everyone knows that even the most eager and ambitious potato beetle normally avoids such areas, the American press called the sudden appearance of this destructive swarm in Germany “an entirely normal and natural phenomenon.” And with a considerable delay, there were reports of the sudden appearance of huge swarms of potato beetles in areas where they had not been seen before. At the same time, however, a report from an American investigative committee leaked out that discussed the bad tactics and insufficient preparation of the whole potato beetle campaign, and also criticized the fact that the spreading of the beetles over the Reich had not followed the distribution plan.

The investigation by the government of the German Reich, and information that we have since learned, proves that his attack on our harvest was only a part of a much larger crime.

The big speculators on Wall Street, however, are not interested only in damaging our harvest, in making money with E 838, with earning more from sales of American potatoes to replace those destroyed by the beetles (also in Germany). There is more! Our investigations prove beyond any doubt that it was a test of their plans for bacteriological warfare!

Bacteriological weapons are feasible only when their user has a way of dealing with the destructive effects.

When the Americans dropped the beetles in the south of Germany, they were primarily preparing for bacteriological warfare. The goal was to test the distribution equipment, the influence of the wind and weather on the creatures, the accuracy of the drops, the effects on the “enemy,” the impact on one’s own territory, and the effectiveness of defensive means. They were also interested in business goals, in securing a market for potatoes on the world market. The war criminals of 1944 use still larger measures, as they would call them. They are using whole regions in the east and west of our fatherland, along with the inhabitants, for their experiments, and as the battleground for the war they ar preparing.

It takes one’s breath away to imagine the intellectual and spiritual condition of these supposed Christian citizens of the U.S. who are capable of such inhumanity.

American conduct of the war takes on ever hotter forms, as these developments show, the more the will of the peoples — all peoples — for peace shows itself. Their methods grow ever more ruthless, blatant, more open, typical of Jewish monopoly capitalism. Their hysteria betrays their weakness! The best defense is our burning, unforgiving hatred against such subhumanity, the watchfulness and determination of all Germans, of our workers and citizens, our farmers and our scientists, above all our youth, to free Germany from the plague of warmongers. Our strength is our will for construction instead of destruction, for defence of the European civilization against American-Jewish barbarism.