As I, As A Worker, Came To

I'm A Sailor, Not A Politician.

In My Gau, As Far As I Know, Only Communists Who Had Actually Worked Against The State Were Arrested.

Through The Young Men's Christian Association And Principally In Australia And North America, As Well As In South America, I Came Into Contact With Families Of These Countries.

I Had Repeatedly Made Written Requests To The Fuehrer That I Might Be Allowed To Join The Wehrmacht As An Ordinary Soldier. He Refused To Give Me This Permission.

It So Happened That I Was On A German Sailing Vessel On The Way To Australia When The Ship Was Captured, And On The High Seas I Was Made Prisoner By The French.