 Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theatre brings you Bonita Grandville, Otto Krueger, Kent Smith, and Walter Reed in Hitler's Children. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Ladies from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen, a few months ago, a bomb struck Hollywood. The bomb was a motion picture called Hitler's Children. I don't know what the producers expected, but they woke up one morning with a nationwide sensation on their hands. A picture with a modest beginning that suddenly exploded into one of the biggest hits of the year. That makes Hitler's Children a radio prize. We had a hunch it would be. And so, to use an old Hollywood expression, we sewed it up well in a band. Tonight we have three of the original players who appeared in the Arteo picture. Bonita Grandville, Otto Krueger, and Kent Smith. And with them, we present one of this town's very promising young actors, Walter Reed. Hitler's Children is not a war play, but it draws back the curtain of mystery that surrounds the Nazi Fortress and gives us a thrilling glimpse of how the hate and horror and cruelty may be defeated from within. This is the time of year when I take on a rather dangerous job and the popularity of luxuriant soap doesn't make it any easier. The graduating classes at various schools and colleges around the country send in photographs of the girls in the class and ask me to pick the most beautiful. Fortunately, for my peace of mind, the losers are always good sports because the decision is usually a close one. There are many types of beauty among the girls in these photographs, but nearly all have one thing in common, a lovely complexion. Without that, the most classic features have no charm. And guarding this prize for the loveliest American beauties is our good friend, Lux Toilet Soap. Now the curtain goes up on the inside story of Hitler's Children. And here's the first act, starring Bonita Grandville at Anna Miller, Otto Krueger as Colonel Henkel, Kent Smith as Professor Nichols, and Walter Reed as Carl Brunner. The youth of Germany have dedicated their lives to the glory of Adolf Hitler. The crooked cross of the Nazis is emblazoned on their arms and in their hearts. They live for the Fuhrer. They are ready to die for the Fuhrer. They are Hitler's children, healthy in body, diseased in their young souls. Professor Nichols knew them well. He conducted the American school near Berlin back in 1933. Our building was just across the way from the German school. I used to watch them drilling in the park, boys from 10 to 16, the Jungfunk. They were taught to march together and to think together. Their minds were the same as the uniforms they wore. I remember one spring afternoon in 1933. My boys and girls were playing ball in the yard. Suddenly there was a fight. When I ran out, I saw my kids and the German boys. They'd paired off on a grand free-for-all. They pleased. I will not say pleased. Boys, boys, stop this fighting. Anna, stop it. I'm surprised. They started it, Mr. Nichols. I knocked out a good free-for-all and they wouldn't give me back the ball. Stop this fighting. Stop it. Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith. No, Professor Nichols. I'm afraid someone may be hurt if this keeps up. If you call your boys off, I'll do the same as mine. Really, Professor Nichols? Surely there's not my duty to reach the field with a popular demonstration? Popular demonstration. Very well. You won't step in. I'll have to. Ah, scum! Sorry, I had to steal your stuff, Dr. Smith. All right, boys and girls, back into school. You've had enough recreation for the day. I'd like my ball if you don't mind. Well, suppose I do mind. Well, if you boys insist on another popular demonstration, just say so, Anna. Here's your ball, Fraulein. Thanks. Well, my name's Carl Brunner. What's yours? I don't give it to strangers. And tell your Nazi friends to stay off our ground. That's how it all began. A boy, a girl, and an argument. But it didn't end there for either of them. Of course, the Nazi parties took most of Carl's time. They taught him things like this. We shall win the true crown of glory like the Knights of Old. We shall die for Germany. We shall rest forever in the holy soil of Germany as conquering heroes of the pure. To die for Adolf Hitler is to live for Germany. I have Hitler! And then in the afternoon, he and his friends would report for party duty. Forward, boys! Yes, the party planned for everything in the life of a good young Nazi. Everything except the moment when a girl might be playing a piano and the boy might be interested. Carl came to the window of our music room that afternoon. Anna was fractured. Hello? He's seen over here. What would Dr. Schmidt say? And dear, Mr. Schickelbrueger. You know, you play very well for a girl. You're not mad at the piano, too, are you? Please don't be. You're a funny one, all right. Why are you always fighting with us all the time? I'm not fighting now, am I? No, I can't figure you out. What are you doing here, anyway? I came because I'd like to hear you play, but more like you played the other day. You mean, like this? Sometimes you don't sound like a German at all. That could be. I was born in America. And you're an American? Oh, I'm a German and proud of it. That's a strange coincidence. I was born in Germany. You were? Yes, but I'm an American and proud of that, too. But if you're an American, what are you doing in Germany now? My parents love Germany. They wanted me to love it, too. So they sent me here to live with my grandparents for a while. Mom and dad are still in New York. But how is it that you go to this American school? My parents wanted to be sure I'd come back in America. Do you really want to be in America? You ought to be. Listen, my friend, I am an American and I don't have any objections. Just put up your face. Please, this is not another popular demonstration. Street fights stopped and the picnics began. About every other Saturday, Carl manages to slip away with Anna and me. And we all got to know each other better, in a lovely hill country south of Berlin. We used to sit under the trees, near a stream, and I'd read aloud for them. And so he dreamed all his lights that he might find the perfect moment. And so at the end of his days, he summed up his dream like this. If the whole world I once could see, on free soil stand with the people free, then to the moment might I stay, linger a while so fair thou art. Gee, that's beautiful. That would be a wonderful moment, wouldn't it? That's good poetry. But who'd want the whole world to be free? It'd never work. The world's never had a chance to try it, Carl. But the dream's growing. This same poet expressed it in a simple line. And those who live for their faith shall behold it living. And those who live for their faith shall behold it living. Well, that's a little too fanciful for me. It almost puts me to sleep. A little splash of cold water on my face and I'll prove to you where that American prophet of yours is just a dream. But it's not an American, Carl. It's by a German author named Götter about a German hero named Faust. Oh, forgive me, Nicky. I'm a dunce. I ought to be thrown in the brook. Well, anything you apply to guess. Hey! Come back here. Go get her, Carl. Hey, Anna! Come on, you're on board. Oh, you think I can't catch you, huh? I'll show you. Come here now. Carl, wait. Anna, what's the matter? That boy on the ground there. He's hurt. Anna, come away. Don't you see? Someone has tied and gagged him. That can handle words. Anna, I said come away. I've got to help him. No, leave him alone. What are you saying? I said leave him alone. This is none of our business. Are you crazy? Look, this boy is in pain. Listen to me, Anna. And try to understand. Look, even the boy is trying to tell you. I'm going to take that gag off. I don't care what you say. There. Oh, please. What happened to you? She threw me a game. I was as fine. I was caught. And this will teach me not to get caught again. But how long have you been lying here like this? Only a few hours. It's nothing. How old are you? I am nine for all I'm. And if I come through this test well, I'll be taken into the youth folk soon. Tell me, do you want to be in time? Shall we take off the ropes? Oh, no, Comrade. I'll replace the gag. Thank you, Comrade. I'll hit them. I'll hit them. Carl, you would. It's too shameful. Anna. Anna, wait for me. That was the last we saw of Carl for a long time. He was swept up in the storm, the storm that was sweeping through all of Germany. The new order was on the march, crampling life and liberty into the dust. By May the 30th, 1939, the fires of freedom were burning very low in Germany. But so far, our school was untouched. It was Memorial Day. And we gathered to celebrate. Anna was 20 now, the best assistant I ever had. As we stood there singing in the schoolyard, a car drove up and two Gestapo officers came toward us. They tried to interrupt our song, but I'm glad to say they were unsuccessful. Attention, this singing was stopped at once. Hello, stomach. Hello, stomach. Hello, stomach. Professor Nichols. Yes, what seems to be the trouble sergeant? The Ministry of Education requires the instant dismissal from your school of all Poles, all Jews, all Lithuanians, and all persons of German blood. But this is an American school. We accept anyone who wants to come. I know nothing about that. Those whose names I read will fall out at once. Brian Sellers. Go back, Martin. Roger Stephen. Follow with Stephen. Miller, Anna. Miller, Anna. My name is Miller. I'm a Miller. But I'm not a student. I'm a teacher here. You live with Mr. and Mrs. Max Miller, Keenigstrass 137? Yes, they're my grandparents. They're Germans, but I'm an American. Nevertheless, you ought to fall out, too. Look here, sergeant. Miss Miller's an American citizen. I refuse to worry. I have my orders. If you have any objections, take them up with the lieutenant. Very well. Where will I find the lieutenant? Follow me. We followed him into the building. At my desk. At my desk. There was a Gestapo officer, a lieutenant. He didn't look up. I couldn't see his face. Hello, Lieutenant. This is Anna Miller. Anna Miller. Yes. Lieutenant, I demand to know by what authority students are being removed from my school? By authority of the Gestapo. Is that sufficient? Not in an American school. The orders have nothing to do with Americans. They apply to Jews, Poles, and Lithuanians. We are also removing all presence of German blood immediately. But there are no Germans in this school. Anna Miller is here. Why Carl? Carl Brunner. Don't you remember it? Professor Nicholson. I'm Anna Miller from the school here. Carl. You were born in Germany for a line? Oh, yes. But I'm an American. Your parents were also born in Germany? Yes. The record is quite clear for a line. We should be pleased to look upon you as a citizen of the German right. Aren't you again overlooking the fact that her parents became citizens of the United States? She's here on an American passport. We are now in Germany under German law. Whoever is born in Germany is a citizen of the right well on German soil. That's rather new and arbitrary, isn't it? Arbitrary. Is the professor implying that it is not an honor to be a citizen of the German right? Undoubtedly a great honor for Germans. But the American Embassy may have another opinion about Americans. You may do as you wish about that, Herr Professor. Sergeant. Yes, Herr Lieutenant. You'll take for a line Miller with you. Wait. Where are you taking us? Where? I demand to know. That is also a matter between Germans, Herr Professor. The Reich will decide where and how Germans can best employ their abilities. Take it, Sergeant. In a moment, Mr. DeMille presents Bonita-Grandville, Otto Kruger, Kent Smith, and Walter Reed in act two of Hitler's Children. Mr. Kennedy. Yes, Sally? I've been reading in the papers about all these plans. Tax plans and security plans, and I've been thinking. Good, Sally. So many pretty girls don't. There you go. Not taking me seriously again. Now, here's what I thought. What's the matter with talking about our plan? What plan, Sally? Why, our 30-day Conception Plan for women everywhere. Sally, I believe you've got something there. You mean, let's talk about the look so facial as Hollywood stars use. Yes, of course. And if women would give the screen stars beauty so for trial for 30 days, they'll discover something. Wait, Sally. Don't get to the results until you tell what the plan is. Now, just what do these ladies do for 30 days? Why, they take active leather facials with luke's toilet soap regularly. Certainly, we'll be glad they did, too. But, Sally, you haven't said how to take an active leather facial. It's so easy. You just move lots of the creamy luke's soap leather well into your skin. You rinse off with warm water and splash with cold, and then you pat your skin dry with a soft towel. And if a woman does that every day, Sally. She's just bound to be pleased with the way her complexion looks a month later. Especially if she takes these luke's soap facials several times a day and always at bedtime. It's luke's soap's creamy active leather that makes this 30-day plan a success. That rich, smooth leather does a really thorough job of complexion care. Does it gently, too? Because luke's soap is so pure and mild. Well, Sally, the most famous stars in Hollywood say they find these luke's soap facials are a wonderful help to soften their lovelier skin. And here's another nice thing about our Hollywood complexion plan. You can start at any time. Right, Sally. And tomorrow is a good time for the woman who thinks her complexion might be smoother and prettier. So here's our tip to these ladies. Why not put gentle luke's toilet soap on your shopping list right now? Now, Mr. DeMille returns to the microphone. Two of Hitler's children, starring Bonita Granville at Anna Miller, Otto Kruger as Colonel Henkel, Kent Smith as Professor Neckle, and Walter Reed as Carl Brunner. There is a song that Hitler's children sing. It says, And our Hitler is our savior. Our Hitler is our lord, who rules a brave new world. This is their religion, the worship of a man. This is the seed of Nazi culture, planted early in the youth of the land. And from such seed, the stem grows crooked and the fruit is rotten. Carl Brunner, our friend, sent Anna away. It wasn't hard to believe I'd seen before the awful power of the Nazi system, the disease which infected the brains of their children. In the months that followed, I had no word from Anna. I tried to reach her by mail. I called on friends, party officials. And then, in desperation, it occurred to me that perhaps Anna's grandparents would know something. Who is it? It's Professor Neckles, Mr. Miller. Don't you remember me? Yes, yes. But please go away, Herr Neckles. We do not know anything. Mr. Miller, I must find out something about Anna. Please, Herr Neckles, not so loud. I beg you. It's better if no one sees us talking to you. Mrs. Miller, you've got to tell me what you know. She came here that afternoon for some things, and then they took her away. That's all. She said she would be all right. She said we should not worry. I'm trying to find out where she is. I want to do something about it. What can anyone do? Well, at least you have the right word. No. One must never ask questions. Mr. and Mrs. Ruhmann down the street, they asked some questions about their grandson. He was in the army. They took the Ruhmanns away. They said they were sick, very sick. They never came back. Yes, yes. They said they died in the hospital, but I know they put them to sleep in the hospital. Mama. They put them to sleep with God. Mama. At that time, because they were too old, they asked too many questions. Mama, please, keep trying to talk. Fear. It was the same where I returned. Some terrible dread that froze people where they stood. Then I remembered France. France air-hottened. If anybody could help me, I was sure it would be France. A brilliant, courageous journalist who was respected by all. Niki. Well, this is a surprise, a surprise! I've got to speak to you about something. It's important. Please, if you don't mind, we just stay out here on the porch. You see, my boys are home this morning. All two fine boys. But what they don't know, they won't tell to their truth leader. Franz, you mean you can't talk in your own house? In front of your own children? Well, of course I can, my friend. Who said I couldn't? I merely said it's wise or not. Franz, what can I do for you? I'm in trouble. They've taken on our way. Well, now who took our way? Oh, I'm sorry, my friend. I can do nothing for you. Franz, we just can't let a girl disappear without doing something. Not so loud. Good morning, Herr Erhardt. Good morning, nurse. That woman is the nurse from the state. She has come to see the janitor's wife next door. Observe, my friend, how carefully Good morning. Good morning, Frau Leonard. Good morning, Hans. Herr Erhardt. Good morning. Well, Hans, what do you want to be when you go out? I shall be a leader of stormtroopers. And you, Fritz? I'm going to be a fire. I'll drop bombs on Germany's enemies. Very good. All is well here, Frau Leonard, I can see. Oh, please, nurse. Yes? Before you go. Things are so difficult. My husband works so hard and so little. Oh, poor woman. Oh, there, there, you've nothing to worry about. Remember, Frau Leonard, when you have your fifth child, you won't overstate anything. You won't have to pay back the money the state loaned you to get married on. The debt will be automatically canceled. Hi, oh, Hitler! Hi, Hitler! Come into the house, Hitler. You see, Nicky, the Nazi state is very generous. Yes. But you must not think it is unusual. That or the fact that I can't even talk in my own house. No, it is happening in every house and every street in Germany. And my friend, it's only child's play. Oh, that's no fun. Only child's play. What is about to happen? Franz, how can you stand it? You are poor people. How can you be so complacent? My friend, you can get off a train before it starts, or after it stops. The pilot is in motion. I wouldn't advise it. You mean you pretend you believe in this and go on writing in praise of it? But what do you have me do? I wouldn't make a very good hero. And then I... I don't suppose you help me? Help you, my friend. I can't even help myself. Very well. Goodbye, Franz. Thanks. Oh, Nicky. In such cases, they usually send the girls to the labor camp, Reinsberg. Is it a prison? There's no... No, not exactly. Then it shouldn't be too hard to arrange for an escape. I might even get her out of Germany. My friend, that would be a very unbiased thing to attempt. When I get permission to visit the camp. Or you couldn't. But as an American school teacher, it's possible you might get permission from the Ministry of Education to make a tour of the camps. Thank you, Franz. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. Goodbye, my friend. Take up your request for the various departments, Professor Nichols. Thank you, Dr. Graf. I should like to tour all the camps in Germany. You know, Professor, not many foreign educators seem interested in our methods. Perhaps they're afraid they might approve. Good morning, Graf. Oh, good morning, Colonel. Colonel Henkel, may I present Professor Nichols? How do you do? The Colonel is from the Gestapo, but he's an educator too. A road scholar at Oxford. And this is the Colonel's aide, Lieutenant Brunner. Yes, we've met before. Uh, have you come? Where? I had charged you the detail to remove some foreigners from the American school. Oh, yeah, sure. Colonel, the Professor is eager to gain permission to visit our labor camps. He's interested in studying our new educational methods. Good. I must say, Professor, I admire the spirit of your inquiry. I sometimes think it would be interesting to go back to Oxford for a similar investigation. There'd be so many surprises in store for my English friends. I'm sure of that, Colonel Henkel. Well, since the Colonel seems to approve, we should have permission for you in a few days, Professor. Thank you, gentlemen. I left the office then, but I got no further than the street. The Gestapo officer took my arm and led me back into the building to Carl Brunner's office. You know why I had you brought back, Professor? You will inform Dr. Graf and Colonel Henkel that you have had a change of mind about your educational tour. Why? Because I know that you're searching for honor. You must give it up. You understand. No, I don't understand. There are death penalties for many acts against the German Reich, Professor. I didn't know you were interested in my help. I'm not. I'm merely thinking of honor's welfare. You certainly proved that when you sent it to a labor camp. A girl who never did anything physically harder than play a piano. Don't let words frighten you, Professor. A labor camp is not a prison. It's a place where young Germans make themselves fit for the duties of soldiers and mothers. It's an honor to go there. Oh. Do the inmates think so? Besides, honor isn't in the labor battalions. To my influence, she was able to get a position on the staff. Oh, so that's why you didn't expose me to Colonel Henkel. We will live Colonel Henkel out of this. It's my surprising to know that a good Gestapo officer is interested in a girl who believes in freedom. It might surprise you to know that honor's attitude about the new Germany is changing. If you persist in this search, you're endangering her position and yours. And perhaps yours? I warn you, Professor Henkel, if you... No use, Carl. I won't give up this search. I won't believe what you say until I see her. And I don't care what the penalties are. Suppose I could prove to you that she is happy and well off where she is now. Well, if you could prove it. Yes. Very well, Professor. We'll visit her together. But you will please pretend that she is a stranger to you. You do not know her. I wonder if I will. I'm here, Anna. Yes, ma'am. You know Lieutenant Bruno, Anna. And this is Professor Nichols of the American Colony School. Oh. How do you do, Professor? How do you do? The Lieutenant has requested that you show him and Professor Nichols around the camp. I should be glad to. Oh, before you go, Lieutenant. May I see you a moment? Of course. In my office, Lieutenant. Hannah, I've been trying to find you for months. Oh, Nikki. It's so wonderful to see you. I've got to talk quickly. I'm arranging plans for your escape from here. We'll get you out of Germany through the underground. Oh, no, Nikki. Please. We mustn't even think of it. Don't worry, Anna. We plan it carefully. There won't be any danger. But you don't understand. I... I want to be here. Hannah. You're playing a game. It isn't necessary. I understand. I'm not afraid of the risk. No. No, I'm quite happy here. Are we ready for a line? Yes, Lieutenant. If you will both follow me. And finally, Professor, this is the rest home. Here the girls receive the finest attention the state can provide. You mean these girls are here voluntarily? They are drafted to serve just as men are in the army, and they serve just as proudly. You will observe, Professor, but the rest home contrasts considerably with the other sections of the camp. As you have seen, they work hard and live simply to fit them for their duties. But when the girls come here, it is different. Nothing is considered too good for those whose children will belong to the state. But the state also offers them the alternative of a home where a husband and wife can bring up their own children. For the side, please. All superstitions, Professor Nichols. I... I've heard enough. Thank you, Miss Miller. Well, we seem to have lost Professor Nichols. Yes. Yes, we have lost Nikki. Hannah, I'm glad to see that you're beginning to understand our way of life. Thank you, Lieutenant. And now I must return to my work. Oh, wait a minute. You've done very well here, Hannah. I've recommended you for special study in geopolitics at the University of Berlin. It's a very great honor. And it will bring us closer to return. You must withdraw your recommendation at once. Why? Because I hate everything this place stands for. I lied to Nikki because there's no way out for me. And I won't have him kill trying to find one. I don't believe you. You're a German. If you'd only give our way of living a fair chance... We can't give evil and rottenness a fair chance. It's too late to withdraw the recommendation now. You'll be called to the Ministry of Education any day. I know you won't be foolish enough to refuse the offer. It would be dangerous for both of us. This is a rare opportunity for you. Not every girl is invited to study at the University. Thank you, Dr. Graf. With your training and education, well, someday you might even be sent back to America. Is that your now's agent, Krenner? No, Freiland. As an ambassador of culture, an ambassador of world culture. Unfortunately, doctor, I must decline the honor. I don't want any part of the disease new world you're planning for mankind. And I'm not afraid to die to prove it. Freiland Miller! One moment. Who said anything about dying, Freiland? Let me assure you the choice is no longer between life and death. My dear Freiland is a luxury these days. We must all live and work. And for those who will not work with a brain, we will find duties to fit their capacity. Sergeant? Yes, Herr Krenner. Keep this young lady in custody until we give you further instructions. That's all, Freiland. Well, she was allowed to come very far for a person harboring such thoughts. She was recommended and vouched for by your protege, Lieutenant Brunner. Oh, really? Send Lieutenant Brunner. He must be removed at once. Why? Why? Isn't it obvious? Oh, my dear Graf. Now, when are you going to learn that we must stop curging our best people? All men make mistakes, especially young men. If the party is to survive, the intelligent young men will be needed. Do you consider what he did an act of intelligence? I consider the mistake of youth nothing more. Herr Krenner? No, Graf. Come in. Carl, you recommended a girl named Armand Müller for work at the university. Yes, Herr Krenner. I suppose you looked into her background, Captain. Yes, Herr Krenner. She was born in Germany, though she has lived in America. Her work at Reinsbeck was considered excellent. She's regarded as a German, therefore there seemed no reason for not advancing her. That's sound enough. But the young lady only a few moments ago committed an act of treason against the state in this office. I allowed a moment of sentiment to misguide me, sir. I knew her as a young girl. I regret it, sir. And what do you think we ought to do about her? There is no alternative. She must be sent to a concentration camp. Well, I don't think that severity will be necessary. Perhaps a year on the labor corps will work out these silly notions, as you wish, Herr Professor. Hankle speaking. I have a young lady named Armand Müller being held in custody. She will transfer her from the staff to the labor corps at Reinsbeck. And I want a daily confidential report of her behavior. Behavior report to Colonel Hankle. Armand Müller refused to show proper respect for the Fuhrer. Armand Müller must be forced to do share of the labor corps. Armand Müller expresses dangerous political thoughts. You say she's becoming worse, Frau Retter? Yes, Lieutenant. She's a dangerous agitator. Thank you, Frau Retter. Good morning, Carl. Well, good morning, sir. Congratulations. I have good news, Carl. Because of your fine work and the talk like this, I have approved a captaincy for you. A captaincy? Well, thank you, Colonel. My only hope is to prove myself worthy of the honor. I have no fear of that. You know, Carl, ours is a most important calling. The Gestapo is judge, jury, prosecutor, all rolled into one. And only the best minds should be permitted to administer such power. Men of great strength of character, men to whom there is no other consideration than their duty to the state. And that is why I have sponsored you, Carl. Thank you, sir. By the way, have you received any reports from the camp at Reinsbeck? Reinsbeck? Yes. About the Miller girl? Yes, Colonel. I have. And what do the reports say? They're very poor, sir. They consider her quite dangerous. Carl, there is no room for the sick in Germany. And the girl is sick in her mind. She is unfit to pass her type of thinking under future generations. So I have recommended special treatment for her, Carl, at the Frauenklinik. The Frauenklinik? Yes. Have you any other solution, Carl? Or what would you do if you were in my place? If I were you, Colonel, I should do exactly as you will do. What do you want? Can't you leave me alone? Anna, listen to me. I came to warn you you're in great danger, Anna. Carl, I don't care anymore. I don't care. They can't do anything more to me than I fear. Oh, they can. Believe me. You must write Colonel Henkel at once. No. You must tell him you've made a great mistake. No, Carl. That you're eager to serve your country. But it's not my country. It never will be. Anna, be sensible. Ask for another chance. If you fight a storm that can overwhelm you, you've got to ride with it as far as it goes. Is that what you've done, Carl? Please, Anna, there's no time left for discussing ideologies. You must do what I ask you now. Or you'll be treated as a dangerous political enemy. I told you, Carl. I can't be frightened any more. Can't you? Anna, have you ever heard of the Frowen Clinic? Do you know what happens to women who were sent there? I've heard, yes. It could happen to you, Anna. It will. Unless you do as I say. No. Even that holds no terror for me now, Carl. It's a choice between rearing a child for Hitler or never having a child at all. Oh, my darling, I love you so much. I love you, Carl. But it's too late. It was too late when it began. Oh, darling, no. We must only think that we love each other. Carl, do you remember? It was so long ago. If the whole world I once could see, I'm free so I'll stand with the people free. Send to the moment, my life's saved. Lend her a heart. So fair thou art. Anna, I can't let them hurt you. There's no other way. It would protect you and satisfy them. The most they demand is that you have a child for the state. Carl, we love each other down and we'll be married. Don't you see how wrong that is? How deceitful. I only see that I love you, Anna. It wouldn't be our child. It would be the state. Just another child would die for Hitler. Please, Anna, that's part of the confusion we mustn't think about. Each generation must look out for itself. Oh, no, no, Carl. That's where you're wrong. That's where you and Hitler and Goebbels and all the rest of you are wrong. Each generation must look out for the generation that comes after it. If our fathers and their fathers before them hadn't all had the little dreamed and worked for the ones that came after them, why, we'd still be a pack of savages. That's the world you're working for, Carl. That's the world I will bring a baby into. I'll never give in to them. And then my son and his son won't either. Station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. After the mill presents Bonita Granville, Otto Kruger, Kent Smith, and Walter Reed in the third act of Hitler's Children. I'm pretty sure nearly everyone feels like this once in a while, along about six in the afternoon. Yes, tired is what we mean. And if you're a busy woman with war work added to your regular duties, you know what that end-of-the-day feeling is like. But now, listen. Well, that expresses how differently you'll feel a little while later if you follow a simple beauty prescription. Clever women have discovered... 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For the time has come, my friends, when you must choose once and for all between the gospel of Christ and the gospel of the Nazis. There can be no compromise between what is right and what is wrong. There is not one set of rules for Germans and another set of rules for the rest of the world. The rules are the same for everyone, the world over. We must love the Lord our God with our whole heart and with our whole soul. We must think what we live and live what we think. And if to do that is to die... Stop! If the girl hiding here in this church will please dismiss your congregation at once, we will stand out on the doors as they go out. You are there! You're here! Tell these people to go home! I am so, my dear friends, if to live what I think is to die for what I think. By then I say let me die when I am still bowled. I am a German. I will ask once again to speak out for my congregation. Take this man to the Gestapo. No, what do you want? I'm here. Please don't take him. Don't. Well, Farland, who helped you escape from camp? No one helped me escape from camp. Who helped you to get from camp to the church? No one. I just got a ride, that's all. With whom? I don't know. It's on the farmer. I never saw him before. He didn't even know I was in his wedding. Why did you take refuge in the cathedral? Are you a Catholic? No, I'm not. Then why did you go there of all places? Were you to meet someone there? No. Had someone promised to get you out of the country, perhaps? No. I advise you to tell us everything that you know. Please, Colonel Hinkle, I assure you this young woman that I have never met before. My likely story. I tell you, Colonel, this bishop is no better than all the rest of the freighters. Even while we were looking for this girl in his church, he was denouncing the furor from the pulpit. Do you deny this bishop? No. I have always denounced the furor, but I am no part of a conspiracy. Whatever I may say or whatever I may do is said and done in the open. Please. You must believe it. I did go to his church to hide, but it was my own idea. And when I saw others might be hurt because of me, I surrendered. Anna Miller, you've given us a great deal of trouble. Ordinarily, you'd be kept in solitary confinement for an indefinite period. But under all circumstances, some different discipline is clearly indicated. Tomorrow morning, you will receive 10 lashes in the presence of the entire camp. Colonel Hinkle. I do not know this girl, but I must look test for her as I would for one of my own people. Has it come to this that you must now whip women as well as men to bring about the new order in the new Germany? And after the 10 lashes, treatment at the Frau and Clinique in Berlin. That is my child. They're only trying to frighten you. I'm not afraid. I remember what you said. We must die for what we think. God bless you. God keep you married. Father! Father! Is there nothing you madmen will stop at? I bow my head in shame that any man who calls himself a German should beat a woman. But this, this Frau and Clinique, as you call it, is the supreme blasphemy of all. How dare you? How dare you take away that which is not yours to take? Before God, we're all free. We have certain rights, rights which were never given to us by the state. Heavenly Colonel, who made you? Who gave you the breath of life itself? Was it the state? Or was it something mightier than the state? You must not attempt to trick me with your questions. If I must choose between Christianity and the state, I am glad to choose the state. Christianity had its chance. It failed. When the time is right, we will break with it completely once and for all. No wonder you take away the breath of life so readily. The breath of death is already upon you. You may go now, Bishop. Just one question more, Colonel. If you whip that poor unfortunate girl, why do you not whip me? Is it perhaps that you're afraid? Afraid that the people who listen to me will someday rise up against you? No. You're not afraid. But there is no need to make a martyr of you before your time. Besides, when the work of national socialism is finished, there will be no one in the churches for the clergy to talk to except themselves. Good morning, Bishop. What the pretty barbarians have so little time for history. Tell me, Colonel, have you ever heard of Attila? Attila the Hun, the infamous leader of the Huns who murdered his own brother, Blader, who swept with fire and sword through Asia and Europe and ruled with bloody hands this very land we now call Germany? Well, Attila and his barbarians are gone, but the church remains. The church remains, Colonel. It is eternal. It is the will of God. No man can change it. They came for honor at dawn. Before the whole camp, they marched her to the whipping post. She knelt there with her hands tied, her lips moving in a silent prayer. Carl Brunner was there, too. He'd been sent by Henkel to test his loyalty. Space was pale. His eyes half closed as if to shut out the awful sight. Shall I begin now, here, Captain? No, in fire, Hans. Do as I say, in fire! No matter what happens, remember I love you. I don't care what happens to me now. You know this will be the end for both of us, don't you? I don't care. I love you. Anna, just once while there's still time, I want to tell you I was wrong, Anna, horribly wrong. And just once again, I want to tell you how fair I got you. I've loved you all the time. This isn't the moment to choose on you. But... But to the moment... Anna and Carl were placed in prison. I wasn't permitted to see them, of course, but France learned things for me. France would help me once before. One night, he came to my apartment. Well, Nicky, France, what have you found out? Germany and Italy have signed a military alliance. No, I mean about Carl and Anna. Now... Now you will see in the fall when the crops are in war, that there's all been arranged. France! Yes. Well, they have to die, of course. Die. I think there's some way I could get them out. Even if we all got shot down at the border, it would be better now and now, my friend, we wouldn't have a chance. They are valuable properties of the new order now and will be guarded as such. What do you mean, Captain Bruno? I was repented with sin against the state. I... I don't believe it, I know. But it's true just as him. Colonel Henkel is very pleased. He will be able to make capital of his mistake. He will give us through the share of fine trial where Carl will beg the youth of Germany not to follow his example. You know that boy's not a Nazi at heart. Oh, it will be a fine trial. Broadcast all over the country and at a good hour, too, when everybody can hear. Then they will give him a fine funeral with military honors. Why should Carl say he's repented to cover up for Colonel Henkel? He has to die now. You Americans will never understand us. Maybe it is the will to obey that is in us Germans. How easy to march and step a bunch of us down. Where are they now? I understand they have put them together at least near enough so they may speak. That's a good Nazi pick. They let prisoners speak together. Then they make a record of everything that is set. Can you hear me? I have nothing to say to you, Anna. What have they done to you? I don't care what happens to me so long as you love me. But never stop loving me. I would be afraid then. Really afraid. I'm sorry, Anna. I lost my head. I didn't know what I was doing. I cursed the day I ever met you. Carl, I don't believe it. Today all over Germany my special permission of the Ministry of Propaganda we bring you the trials Captain Carl Bruner and Anna Mueller. We're in the courtroom now. The defendants have just entered under guard. The prisoner, Captain Bruner will be permitted to make an opening statement. Hello, Bruner. You have the right to make an opening statement if you will. Have you anything to say for yourself? I speak today not for myself but for the youth of Germany. I speak as one who has learned a great lesson. Our cure. Our beloved cure is often said that the future belongs to youth and that the youth belongs to the future. And I know now how true that is. I beg you all to be warned by my example. I thought for a while it would be fun to be free. Do just as I wished. I was willing to serve the right but I was not willing to obey up in all things. Some things I wanted to decide for myself. Some things I said were no business of the right. Yes, in some things I put my will above that of the future. From all this I have learned a great lesson. And the lesson in the words of a German poet is this, those who live for their faith shall behold it living. And my faith, my friends, is the faith of the great Goethe. If the whole world I once could see on free soil stand with the people free then to the moment might I say, linger a while. So fair. To the youth of Germany then I say, this is my lesson. This is the lesson of life. But this is not the lesson that you were learning in Germany today. You are not learning the lesson of life. Your education is the education for death. You do not live from day to day. You die from day to day. It's for none of us to be free. Have you any idea, my friends, what it's like to be free? Well, I'll tell you for I was a free man once and once you've had a taste of freedom, I'll take it away from you. It's like a fresh air that lasts to eternity. Long live the enemies of Nazi Germany! They died there in the courtroom. Carl and Anna, who wanted to be free. I left Germany then. True, the fires of the Nazi faith were still burning and Hitler's children were still swearing to die for him. But to me, the fires didn't seem to burn so brightly and the voices didn't come up quite so bravely. And as long as there are boys like Carl and girls like Anna, truth will never die in this world. For as the prophets of old used to say, the memory of virtue is immortal. And we have a long, long memory. The land of Hitler's children we return to the stage of the Lux Radio Theater and the curtain call for Bonita Granville, Otto Kruger, Kent Smith and Walter Reed. Thank you, C.B. It's a pleasure to be back here with three fine young players like my partner's here. Young, he says. 18 years ago I played a scene on the stage where a man held me close in his arms and kissed me. Lucky man. Who was he? My father. I was two years old. Then you've been an actor since you were two. No, Walter. I retired for a year when I was three. But I found not working was pretty dull. I must try that sometime. Now take Otto Kruger. Between pictures he does all kinds of magic with flowers and vegetables. What does that pick you did with a carnation Otto? Oh, that was several years ago, C.B. I crossed a carnation with a petunia. It's quite successful. Well, what came out? Sweet peas? No, Kent. I call it a cartunia. So if you have a little cartunia in your backyard, thank Otto. Well, I'm more interested in vegetables right now, C.B. Try crossing any of those. Well, I think I'll go to work on a combination of corn and lima beans. What do you expect to get, Mr. Kruger? Sacrifice. Oh, I fall for all those things. But there's one thing I can't be fooled on. That's the right way to take care of my confection. I've been using luck so since I was a little girl. So I know it's right for me. Really, I couldn't get along without it. Well, no smart girl would even try to get along without luck so far, neither. That's right, Mrs. Mills. And now it's time for you to answer a question. Yes, what is the luck's radio theater have next week, Mrs. Mills? It's a paramount comedy hit that just can't miss. The name of the play is The Major and the Minor. And the stars, Ginger Rogers and Ray Meran. They're the same stars who made the picture such a great success. It's the story of a beautiful girl who poses as a child before she has only enough money for a half-bear ticket home. Complications like Ray Merlan and a visit to a boy's military school give us a delightful play for next Monday night. Well, that was a wonderful picture, CB. We've got a date. Good night. Good night, Mrs. Mills. Good night. Ladies and gentlemen, America has some of the finest hospitals in the world. Can you imagine what those hospitals would be like without nurses? Or with half as many as there should be? Some of you remember the great influenza epidemic that swept the country during the last war. We don't want to fight another like that one with a scarcity of nurses. The plain facts are we just haven't gotten enough nurses. The supply is dangerously low right now and many more will be required to save the lives of our fighting men. The solution is the immediate training of more nurses. So I'd like to urge the many thousands of girls who will graduate from high schools this year and their parents to investigate nursing as a career. For information, write to student nurses box 88, New York District. There's no finer calling than the saving of human lives. Our sponsor, the makers of Lux Toilet Oaks, joined me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night. When the Lux Radio Theatre presents Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland in the major and the minor. This is Cecil B. DeMille saying good night to you from Hollywood. Tonight's broadcast of Hitler's Children was based on the book Education for Death by Gregor Zemer. Juanita Granville's latest picture is Hitler's Children. Otto Krueger will soon be seen in the Saul Lesser production, Stage Door Canteen. Kent Smith is currently appearing in the RKO picture. This land is mine. Walter Reed is featured in the RKO picture of Bombardier. I'll repeat the address of which all girls interested in nurses' training may write for information. Today, Student Nurses, Box 88, New York City. Third in tonight's play were Norman Field as the Bishop, Robert Harris as Dr. Graf, and Verna Felton, Leo Cleary, Claudia Dell, Charles Seal, Griff Barnett, Dick Stavis, Regina Wallace, Fred Mackay, Cliff Clark, Carla Bohm, and Paul Hilton. Our music was directed by Louis Silberts, and this is your announcer, John N. Kennedy, reminding you to tune in next Monday night to hear Ginger Rogers and Ray Milan in The Major and The Minor. Mothers, what kind of vitamins do you give your family in these days of food rationing and shortages? Make sure you get enough. Get VIMS. VIMS are scientifically designed to help make meals complete. They give you all the vitamins government experts say are essential, balanced in the formula doctors endorse. In addition, VIMS give you all the minerals commonly lacking. Get VIMS at your druggist. VI for vitamins. WMS for minerals. VIMS. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.