For 5 kg of bones = a piece of core soap
Bones are the most valuable raw material, but worthless in your own household. Everyone should regularly deliver the bones which are boiled or roasted in kitchens and dining establishments to the school children for the school waste collection or to the collection point in the local area. A reference stamp is issued for one kilogram of bones. A collection sheet with reference stamps worth 5 kg of delivered bones entitles you to purchase a piece of core soap.
The Reich Commissioner for Scrap Material Utilization
No raw material should be lost,
We know how to use it
We collect everything systematically,
To support the system.
To achieve victory surpassed
The power of the dictators
But except for you and your victory
Nothing is lost today.
Rags are collected, old paper,
Metal, and now bones too,
You think: with collecting we will triumph,
As Hitler promised.
And those who don’t believe you’ll still win,
Will still give bones,
Because you get soap for bones
And otherwise you’ll be left out.
It‘s about your cleanliness,
Consider and understand:
Five kilos of bones today
Give you the right to … a piece of soap.
Whether it’s leg of lamb, goose neck,
Or little chicken bones,
From horse, dog or pig,
From calf and rabbit,
They all serve without exception
The German war machine
And are perfectly suited
For fat and margarine.
And with that, everything goes smoothly
Despite hostile blockades,
Regulated with bone butter,
No harm comes to the Reich.
The German bone mill turns
At feverish speeds
And yet, one feels, it’s too late,
For the swastika figures
Their necks will be broken
Inevitably shortly,
Meanwhile, the Nazi clique is fetching
The last from your bones.
Post-Editing: Sylvia Stawski, Ernst Sittig
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