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The article discusses the 2016 Defence White Paper of Germany. It states that the white paper labels Russia as one of the global threats on par with terrorism, cyber-attacks, and migrant crisis. It notes that the paper calls for well-balance capabilities in the fields of Command and Control (C2), reconnaissance, and support. It mentions that the paper was published in the midst of increasing risk of interstate conflicts.

Presents information on deportation of Jews into Palestine without any legal permits. Cooperation of the government of Germany, Poland, Hungary and Rumania in deporting the Jews; Regulations on the number of Jews to be admitted in Great Britain; Role of organizations like the Irgun Zevai Leumi (IZL), or National Military Organization in Jewish immigration; Offices of IZL in Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Brussels, Bucharest and Paris; Cooperation of the German, Polish, Rumanian and Hungarian government to the IZL in providing immigration papers and approving arrangements for the shipment of Jewish refugees; Charge for each refugee taken into Palestine is $125; Collection of funds for those who are not in a position to pay the charges for getting into Palestine; Arrest of a number of IZL members by British authorities; Establishment of military offices of the IZL in Paris, Belgrade, Kovno, Warsaw and London; Fight for the creation of a sovereign Jewish state.

This article focuses on an event that took place where Germany touches Switzerland in 1945. A local Swiss paper called it "a sensational illegal crossing of the frontier." A border station near the small Swiss town of Bargen was aroused at four in the morning by the approach of nine persons who explained that they had fled from Germany and hoped to find asylum in Switzerland. The reason for their flight-and also the basis for their claim to the right of asylum in Switzerland, was a future danger to their lives. They admitted that up to the moment of their flight they had been in perfectly good standing with the German authorities and had had nothing to fear.

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This article focuses on political changes in Germany. In Germany, the Social Democrats dream of a return to national office in 1994, which will be the first time in twelve years. Their new chairman and candidate for chancellor, Rudolf Scharping, is persistent, sober and intelligent. The issue of immigration influences German politics as race relations does in the United States, and many of the most racist are also the most threatened economically. One large difficulty is that the European Community, once intent on bringing all of western and southern Europe up to the level of the most advanced societies, is now divided.

Focuses on interests of authors to participate in Germany's cultural life and justification of their attitude during the Nazi regime. Initiative taken by novelist Frank Thiess to invent the slogan of "inner emigration," in an attempt to put the men who remained in Germany on an equal basis with those who fled abroad; Efforts of Bernhard Kellerman to resist all Nazi seductions, and appear publicly; German authors who plan to return to Germany from the U.S.

Focuses on the political and social developments in the U.S. Issues discussed at the conference of French statesman Aristide Briand with German statesman Gustav Stresemann; Concerns of the U.S. on the purchase of German railway shares; Reference to John Maynard Keynes's article on the difficulty of collecting reparations, which will cause long hesitation in approving any project for selling German securities in the U.S. without a corresponding increase in Germany's productive facilities; Political conditions of China; Relations of China with the U.S. and Great Britain; Incidents of crime reported by the newspapers; Expectations from the American Legion to Paris in 1927; Confirmation of its new emigration policy by Japanese government at the South Pacific Trade Conference held in Tokyo, Japan; Details of the case of Mary King, a Quaker, who came to the U.S. from Ireland, and applied for citizenship; Objectives of establishing a company union of its employees to take the place of their existing trade union affiliations by "Manchester Guardian," a liberal newspaper of England; Suggestion of a scheme whereby paintings could be rented to the public at low prices and for brief periods of time.

Adolf Hitler, a small-town citizen with vague dreams of an artistic career, found that he could not be admitted to the Academy of Arts without a university degree and was forced to set about making a living as a house painter instead. With a head full of dreams and outmoded ideals he went to Vienna. He had read several nationalist books on the history of Germany. Shortly before the war Hitler left Austria and emigrated to Bavaria. There he lived the life of the would-be bohemian with struggling artists, draftsmen, and art students. Then the World War flared up and Hitler volunteered for service in the German army at once.

When Denmark resigned the duchies, the inhabitants of the ceded region were allowed to choose whether they wished to remain Danish or to become Prussian citizens. About 50,000 persons, mostly young men, left their homes. Many went to the U.S. and others went to Denmark, hoping to return when their homes were again a part of the Danish realm. Though this hope was doomed to disappointment, many of these optants, gradually drifted back to take up their work and their farms. Many were refused admittance to the German land and more were denied re-naturalization.

Presents letters to the editor referencing article and topics discussed in previous issues. Information on the New Naturalization Policy on the reversal of the law denied citizenship to aliens whose wives were living out of the U.S.; Comments on the entering of Germany into the League of Nations; Criticism of the Tennessee law forbidding the teaching of Communism in schools; Reference to an article by Bruce Bliven published in the September 9 issue.

Presents a summary of recommendations submitted by the American Jewish Committee to the President of the United States and State Department on March 20, 1945. Persecution inflicted on Jews around the world; Suggestion for establishment of a permanent commission on Human Rights; Abrogation of all anti-Jewish legislation and administrative measures; View that all displaced persons as a result of war should be entitled to readmission to the country of their nationality; Suggestion for establishment of a Commission on Migration, under the Economic and Social Council of the General International Organization; Endorsement of Balfour Declaration, which promised a homeland for Jews within the border of Palestine; Suggestion for establishment of a Commission on Statelessness; Punishment of German leaders for oppression of minorities.