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Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April 19, 1941.
AIMS OF NAZIS ARE SEEN
IN FRENCH BOOK PURGES
By Richard H. Heindel
com-
and clusion of G. de Szilassy's "Proces Camille Bloch's well-known "Dlo
chemical and alr warfare, espionage which do not necessarily have any anti-German bias. All "colour" books in French-except the German apologin--are forbidden.
I can find only one item on the not appear here: Jean Giradoux's carller Liste Bernhard which does
"Le Futur Armistice."
Some Singled Out
de la Hongrie," Seton-Watson's "His- folro des Roumaina": "Notes de semaines 1930," and Deau de Lomenic's "Naissance de la Nation Roumaine.".
et
en
Ursachen des Weltkrieges," Plerio Dominique's 1014; "La Marne," Lean Tardieu's Bourgcols analysis of the Treaty of E. Versailles, Stephen Graham's "Sara-
Reynald's Froments
Maurois'
mands." M. Mauret's "Guillauma
Andro
"Histoire "La
may be taken to indicate the by the French and Germans as a step Notre für Sozialforschung, and (1789-1811)' forebodes evil for those Alsace reveal nanies not found in the
LONDON'S 1940 BATTLE
The increasing rigour of book Noting especially the ban on foreign purges in defeated Franca:is of refugees who "poisoned" French great cultural importance and in fern to the Liste Otto as the "Arst" thought, the Convention, which re- terest and aleo a valuable clue to of many to follow, directs the purge
A heavy hand has fallen on many, the Nazi outlook. The first of catalogues and stocks and
and M. Saint's older volumes and histories. The
Zone black-list to hand, called Liste, monds publishers to send two copies
(1024). confiscation of Ph. Sagnues Le Rim among the military writings includ
Some of the citations, particularly Bernhard, drawn up about July of all new editions to the Pro-
Francais. Pendant in Revolution et in those by Charles de Gaulle, last and containing 143 forbid paganda-Staffel. These restrictions are very importimi for Unoccupied
The periodicals Lumiere Bleue, l'Empire" ond den items, was used by the France, because Paris is the centre of Brabant, editor: Lectures "L'opinion Publique dans les Pro- represent ancient personal grudges of Louis Engerand's Albert Renard, and E. Carring, must Gestapo in its raids on libraries publishing.
pour Tous, issues of May, 1930, to vinces Rhenanes and bookahops.
June, 1948; La Volx de Varsovie, These tiles
Belglour German army officers. This Liste Otte, drawn up jointly Zelischrift
News reports of book purges in Combat attracted spectai con- regions. Also on the blacklist are Liste Otto; for example, Bazin, Bansi, volumes which gave the Nazis toward "more objective appreciation demantion.
Louis Dumur's "Nach Paris" (1910 and Alfred Kerr. This may imply most concern,
of the European problema," bana
Among the 1.041 writings (not counting all of writers
offending English and "La Boucher de Verdun" (1921), some regional variety. are: Duchess The list contained the works Trotsky), the work of about 600 "Searchlight on Spain";. G. Ward of Atholl, of five Americans: Louis Fis- writers, originating in 136 different Price, "I Know the Dictators; David cher, "The War in Spain"; H. R. publishing houses.
Lloyd George, "Les heures declives” Knickerbocker, "The German Nouvelle
The chief offending imprints are and "La Victoire"; and H. G. Wells, Crisis"
Revue Francaise (1982);
(135), "Chateaux en Angleterre" and "Fail- Calvin B. Presses Universitaires (Alean, Le- lite de ko Democratic?"
"BOMBER'S MOON.” Hoover, "Germany Enters the roux, Rieder, (111), Fagurd (105), During the war, there was uncer-
By Yet we get the same pluture of Third Reich" (1932); Lean Tur- Albin Michiel (42). Nouvelle Revue fainty in France respecting Nietzsche: Negley Farson. Illustrated by life in London in 1940 from neutral rou, "Nazi Spies in the United Critique (41), and Flammarion (41). N. 1. Nicolas whore favourable "De Tom Purvis.
journalists as from English writers. Gollancz. 8s. Gd. Mr Negley, Farson in "Bomber's States," and Franz Boas, "Here- tatted citations are E. Vermeil, Jean mended, is now banned, along with Among the writers with must de- Nietzsche a Hitler" had been com-
Moon" portrays the 5፤ ነሮ London dite et milieu."
Bardanne, Leon Bluin, Thomas Mann, Heine's "De
If war ever vanishes from the that has been described again and Edmond Vermeil enjoyed the C Robert-Dumas, Zwei
the earth, peaceful citizens will prob. again. Sacrifces to the largest number of separate citu Benda, G. Duhamel, Aristide Brunnt, new Weltansch famous books on the story of the year 1940 in tin's, the Tube shelters, the raided He writes in a mood of amaze- Stekel's and ably read beside their hearths ment. Visiting the crypt of St Mar- Freud, and Emil Ludwig.
Magnus Hirschfeld's tions, merely because of Jewish More Americans On List Eberta de in Presse," B. Lavergne's episodes of history. Adventur beyond bellef-except
SON, Maximilian Scheer's "Blat and
(1937), Alexandre Israel's "La London as one of the great he has found everything wonderful Enst End and the blacked-out river, or German refugee origin, did not appear on this list.
"Le Gouvernment des Denner: lies finds additional American Modernes," and in accord with damn- The net widened for 1braries and worka on this list: Jahn, Gunther,
ous boys will, perhaps, even wish He has written a
a bitter attack on the Masenie exhibits, G. Martin's they had lived in such a period Scandinavia to the Allies,
Civil Service, which, he believes, Jost hooksellers in. lists such as that sent "Inside Europe; Martha boose Calle Stick on brder of "Through Embassy Eyes"; Leland Aniory: the sacrifices for it fellow- Civilian War in the minals on the records are those which went of
Dedd history of "French Free Masonry." the period of the Greatest the German officials dated Aug. 28, Stowe, "Hitler, est-ce la Guerre?" dictator are several
The angriest
on in condemning in tolo the works of John Foster.
by world.
Tube shelters about the authorities in the pre-Herbert Morrison days, There may be For the rest his book is a cheerful cynics who will book-an affectionate setting-down doubt whether of Cockney good nature, philosophy the story of the and humour. His enthusiasm for the
Londen that he behaviour
met of
in Covent Gar- den and in Billingsgate is shown in Un his reference to "the indomitable der the bombers pluck which will day give this is true. It would great city the slogan: "You can't
beat a city that won't be beaten"." certainly have
Mr Farson, as everybody knows, is seemed incredi-
a first-rate writer of travel books,
tions. Wholesale
condemun-
One
Jules and "Relserie Allemagne," "Itineo
are
Zwel Remarque, Thomas Mann, Change"; Lies, "War, Peace, and Salvemini and Sforza, mes, the
and
and
Lewisohn, The latter's "Fifty Years of War of Shylock"; and Herbert Diplomacy in the Ballcans," five "The Amerienu Black volumes by G, Ferrero the historian,
Odelte
Keun, Kaestner, Capek, Blum, Last Days of Vicki Daun, and Konrad Helden. Yardley,
Of these, only Heklen's history of Na- Chamber" which relates the work of and Rousseau's "Le. Confit Italo Book
of
tional Socialism can be found in the the Cryptographic Bureau of United Liste Bernhard.,
Slates Military Intelligener. One
ubaccountable, freakish citations, unless on moral grounds, is Robert Service's "Trail of '98, a North-
Picture Grows Darker
The pleture darkens with the ar-
the
W. land Romance" for children.
Some ellations Indleate that the rival of a Convention, signed on Sept. Germans have heeded Italian mis- 28 in Paris by the Syndicat des ceptibilities. The ban strikes heay- Editeurs and the German offeints, ly at scholarly works on Jewish his with provisions for
such
tunion fur die Rettung der Tsche-Week
Ethiopien et le Droit International."
The Russian-Communist angle is of the illuminated by the citation of volumes Litvinov,
as
"Dle Sowic- choslowake" (1938), all of
Lenin's "Cahiers sur la dialec
sky.
Londoners
one
officialdem.
110
tique de Hegel." Rosa Luxembourg ble if a prophet bad told it in and it is fortunate that he happened "Lettres de Lenine a sa famille," and advance. Even to-day there are to be a traveller in England during "Lettres aux Kautsky": Barbusse, Friedrich Engels, "Revolhullon and people who suspect that it is n what may be called the Churchillian
Germany" concerning foreign affairs by the in- conspiracy of propagandists.
aroused piece of fiction invented by a tribute, not to great statesmen but epoch. His book, however, is a
to the common man and women.
imposed censorship and the carrying Civil War, all books on the Reichstag Counter-Revolution in
u rigid, self-ory, ut discussions of Spain and its
on of French thought while "respect- fire, and very significantly, many Some speculation may ing the rights of the conqueror." volumes on military history, total,
be
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