The cases of cannibalism, which used to occur only now and then, have recently increased so much among the isolated departments that prisoners already speak of an epidemic cannibalism. Here, any comparison with Europe ceases, here the devilish nature of Bolshevism reveals itself in all its nakedness. – NRC. 7/4 1942
With disgust, everyone turns
Away from Stalin‘s practices,
A terror runs through body and soul,
Stalin walks over corpses.
Yes, then one might better show
Affection for Adolf,
Who until now has harmed no one
And lets everyone live,
He rises to highter moral standards
People and countries,
And he is utterly good, while
Through Stalin‘s predatory teeth
His own people are devoured,
Didn’t you know
That in Russia, soon one
Will devour themselves?
Formerly, it occurred quite rarely
But now every day,
It‘s a creepy story
And utterly beasty.
In Russia, there‘s no love,
Their stance is different,
In school, even children learn:
„Mankind should devour each other.“
For Germany, it‘s very easy,
The Bolshevik mess
Destroys itself, some Cossack
Has met his forefathers this way.
Their whole army is infested
By cannibalism,
They feast on each other, that‘s the law
Of Stalin‘s Bolshevism.
They feast on each other from early to late,
From head to toe,
And some brave soldier
Disappeared thus without a trace.
It‘s only a matter of time,
But one can surely expect,
That the battle will become redundent,
That Stalin‘s forces
Will be completely gone,
Consumed by themselves,
And that the dream of Stalin‘s mind
Has come to its end.
Then the last Bolshevik will
Pass on the cause,
The whole gang has been devoured,
What will he live on now?
They thought it so beautifully,
But it didn‘t come true,
And the whole world mocks and laughs
At the Nazi dreams.
Stalin‘s soldiers‘ food
Seems to be quite powerful,
Seeing how fast they advance,
We all think it is great.
The red “Hunger Offensive”
Now lasts almost seven months,
And for the Germans, it’s a distress
And worse than they imagined.
Friend Stalin sees the German escape
And smiles devilishly,
The Krauts’ cannibal slapstick
Pleases him – cannibalistic.
Post-Editing: Kurt Gerhard Funke
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