[290]Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, trans. Ralph Manheim, London: Pimlico, 1992, p. 279. Cf. Christian Hartmann and others (ed.), Hitler, Mein Kampf. Eine kritische Edition, Munich & Berlin: Institut fur Zeitgeschichte, 2016, vol. 1, pp. 799-800.
[291] Prof. Dr. Sieglerschmidt, 'Das Esperanto', Der Reichswart7 (1926), 27 (3July).
[292]Robert Trogel, 'Esperanto und Kultur. Individuum, Volk, Menschheit', in Das Esperanto ein Kulturfaktor, vol. 8. Festschrift anldsslich des 17. Deutschen Esperanto-Kongresses, Berlin: Deutscher Esperanto-Bund, 1928, pp. 5-31 (esp. p. 21).
[293] Fritz Wicke, 'Volkstum und Esperanto', Germana Esperantisto 29 (1932): 131.
[294] Germana Esperantisto 29 (1932): 113.
[295] Letter from Max Friedrich Schreiber to the GEA executive board, 23 September 1932, printed in
Germana Esperantisto 29 (1932): 165.
[296] Letter from Wolfgang Jackel to Behrendt, 11 July 1932, Germana Esperantisto 29 (1932): 156-7. For a similar resignation see Germana Esperantisto 28 (1931): 58.
[297] Germana Esperantisto 28 (1931): 174.
[298] Germana Esperantisto 28 (1931): 174.
[299] Volkischer Beobachter, 4 November 1930.
[300] Die Volksparole (Dusseldorf), 28 May 1932; cited in Germana Esperantisto 29 (1932): 114.
[301] See p. 214.
[302] Personal communication from Ludwig Schodl, 1 June 1969.
[303] Personal communication from Adolf Sproeck, 28 July 1966.
[304] Sennaciulo 9 (1932/33): 95.
[305] Sennaciulo 10 (1933/34): 15.
[306] 'An Alle!', Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 61-2.
[307] Behrendt, 'Esperanto im Dienst am Deutschtum', Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 99.
[308] Georg Habellok, 'Esperanto im neuen Deutschland', Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 100.
[309] Georg Habellok, 'Esperanto im neuen Deutschland', Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 100. The term Gleichschaltung refers to the various methods employed by the Nazi regime to bring all for- merly independent institutions and associations into conformity, for example by putting its leader- ship positions in the hands of members of the Nazi party. Often such Gleichschaltung was also freely entered into.
[310]. Gleichschaltung der Esperanto-Bewegung in Deutschland', Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 121-2.
[311]Text of the farewell speech of P. Christaller, 11 May 1933 (copy in the author's possession).
[312]Letter of Friedrich Bachmann, Heilbronn, to Heinrich Nischwitz, Mannheim, 17 July 1933 (copy in the author's possession).
[313] An anonymous person in Breslau sent a postcard to this effect to GEA groups: Germana Esperantisto, 30 (1933): 117.
[314] Appeal to Vilna Esperantista Societo, May 1933, quoted in Sur Posteno, 1933, p. 28; a similar appeal, also in May, was made by Edvardo Wiesenfeld, 'Publika letero al I.C.K. por LKK', Pola Esperantisto 27 (1933): 66-9.
[315] SurPosteno, 1933, p. 28; La Socialisto 8 (1933), 8: 5.
[316]'Mensogoj pri Germanujo', Heroldo deEsperanto 14 (1933), 13 (718): 2. According to his mem- oirs, the publisher of Heroldo was early made aware ofNazi atrocities: Jung (1979), pp. 235-6.
[317] Sennaciulo 9 (1932/33): 89.
[318] Edvardo Wiesenfeld, 'La VI Tutpola en Varsovio', Pola Esperantisto 27 (1933): 86.
[319] Letter of 13 May 1933, printed in Esperanto 29 (1933): 98.
[320]The ballots are preserved in the UEA archive in Rotterdam. The four negative votes came from Odo Bujwid, Andras Cseh, J.R.G. Isbrucker and Vilho Setala. Edmond Privat abstained, noting that 'The congress cannot be Zamenhof's congress in the current conditions, but UEA cannot stand back if it takes place.'
[321] Hans Jakob, 'Esperantismaj problemoj', Esperanto 39 (1946): 10.
[322] Letter from the LKK to Stettler, 23 June 1933, published in Esperanto 29 (1933): 131.
[323]In Paris (1932) 1650 attended, in Stockholm (1934) 2042. A year earlier, more than 3000 par- ticipants were expected: Lokal-Anzeiger, Cologne, 12 August 1932; cf. Jung (1979), p. 238.
[324] C.C.G., 'De nubo al sunbrilo', TheBritishEsperantist29 (1933): 145.
[325] Kolnische Zeitung, 31 July 1933.
[326] Kolner Tageblatt, 17August 1933.
[327] Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 145-6.
[328] Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 149-51.
[329] Heroldo de Esperanto14 (1933), 32/33 (737/738): 3.
[330] Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 146.
[331]The letter was printed in La Socialisto 8 (1933), 8: 5. In reaction, Behrendt wrote to Simon: 'I very much regret that I do not have the opportunity to turn you over to the German police!' (La Socialisto 11 [1937], 2 [July]: p. 1; personal communication from Joseph T. Simon, Vienna, 2 January 1974).
[332] J. Sapiro, 'Ne ripro^u spegulon, se gi montras nigrulon', Pola Esperantisto 28 (1934): 16.
[333] Sapiro, 'Ne ripro^u spegulon', p. 16.
[334] Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 139.
[335] Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 198-9.
[336] See for example the letter from the Esperanto group in Frankfurt a.M., March 1934, printed in Sennaciulo 10 (1933/34): 40.
^Karl Krober, 'Welt-Echo durch Esperanto-Auftendienst', Der Deutsche Esperantist 32 (1935): 98-101.
[338] 'La mondo atentu: parolas Adolf Hitler!', Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 154-60. The text also appeared as an offprint in 10,000 copies.
[339] Germana Esperantisto 30 (1933): 178, 192.
[340]Text of the constitution in Esperanto in Deutschland, 1934, no. 1 (Sept.).
[341]Justus, 'Brauchen wir eine "Neue" Deutsche E-Bewegung?', Der Deutsche Esperantist 31 (1934): 2-5. The 'Aryan paragraph' proclaimed in April 1933 stipulated that Jews could not be government officials.
[342]Text of the letter of 8 April 1934 in Rundschreiben Nr. 2 of the Leader of GEA, 11 April 1934.
[343]Text of the letter of 8 April 1934 in Rundschreiben Nr. 2 of the Leader of GEA, 11 April 1934.
[344] Deutscher Esperanto-Bund, Gauverband Sachsen (circular), 1934, no. 4 (38), 28April.
[345] 'Die Bundesfuhrung im Lichte der Mitgliedermeinung', Der Deutsche Esperantist 31 (1934): 70.
[346] Letter of 17 May 1934, Der Deutsche Esperantist 31 (1934): 103.
[347] Der Deutsche Esperantist 31, (1934):106.
[348] Der Deutsche Esperantist 31 (1934): 117.
[349] Der Deutsche Esperantist 31 (1934): 134. The newsletter Esperanto in Deutschland was edited by Naumann and continued to appear until May-June 1935 (no. 9/10).
[350] Esperanto in Deutschland, 1934, p. 8.
[351] Letter of 30 September 1934, Der Deutsche Esperantist 31 (1934): 154.