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I've always wondered if this document was originally written in jest.
by jonny_eh 3y ago
I've always wondered if this document was originally written in jest.
- tkgally 3y agoI just read the entire guide. The section about meetings is only a small part; there’s much more about sabotaging buildings, manufacturing, transportation, etc. It looks to me to be a genuine document, prepared when much of Western Europe was occupied by Germany and the U.S. Office of Strategic Services was trying to encourage civilian resistance to that occupation. The Project Gutenberg version is probably the easiest to read: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184 The very end of the document is also entertaining: “(12) General Devices for Lowering Morale and Creating Confusion (a) Give lengthy and incomprehensible explanations when questioned. (b) Report imaginary spies or danger to the Gestapo or police. (c) Act stupid. (d) Be as irritable and quarrelsome as possible without getting yourself into trouble. (e) Misunderstand all sorts of regulations concerning such matters as rationing, transportation, traffic regulations. (f) Complain against ersatz materials. (g) In public treat axis nationals or quislings coldly. (h) Stop all conversation when axis nationals or quislings enter a cafe. (i) Cry and sob hysterically at every occasion, especially when confronted by government clerks. (j) Boycott all movies, entertainments, concerts, newspapers which are in any way connected with the quisling authorities. (k) Do not cooperate in salvage schemes.”