Also Noteworthy Is The Increasingly Violent Struggle

I Believe That This Was God's Will - To Send A Boy Into The Reich, To Let Him Become Its Leader, In Order To Bring His Home Country Into The Reich. Otherwise One Must Doubt Providence.

Become Strong Again In Spirit, Strong In Will, Strong In Endurance, Strong To Bear All Sacrifices

Today I Must Humbly Thank Providence, Whose Grace Has Enabled Me, Who Was Once An Unknown Soldier In The War, To Bring To A Successful Issue The Struggle For The Restoration Of Our Honor And Rights As A Nation.

Even Today I Am Not Ashamed To Say That, Overpowered By Stormy Enthusiasm, I Fell Down On My Knees And Thanked Heaven From An Overflowing Heart For Granting Me The Good Fortune Of Being Permitted To Live At This Time.

I Speak In The Name Of The Entire German People When I Assure The World That We All Share The Honest Wish To Eliminate The Enmity That Brings Far More Costs Than Any Possible Benefits. It Would Be A Wonderful Thing For All Of Humanity If Both Peoples Would Renounce Force Against Each Other Forever. The German People Are Ready To Make Such A Pledge.