[has made a great mistake in letting I cannot help thinking that Hitler so many of his troops stay in Paris. even for a brief time. In spite of food restrictions, blackouts, curfews, they cannot fail to notice how different life can be in a country that, until recently, was free. Speaking German as I do, I have frequently offered my services as interpreter to soldiers in trouble with the lange uage. Often, my help has led to conversation between us. Invariably they have told me how beautiful the country seemed to them, how elegant the city, how free the people, even under defeat, how tired they personally were of war and how they longed to be at home again.
One said: "Yes, I know that you French have been defeated. But at least you don't have to fight any more. Look at us. Now we've got to fight England. After that America. Our Führer must be crazy.
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