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When the Germans sank the Lusitania and slew several hundred women and children, people knew, at least that that was the kind of thing, which Englishmen or Americans could not do. In all the hates and stupidities, the dirt and heartbreaks of the war there was just the light on the horizon: that there were certain things to which Americans at least could never fall, in the name of victory or patriotism or any other of the deadly masked words that are "the unjust stewards of man's ideas." Americans, too, for some cold political end, plunged the unarmed, the weak, the helpless, the children, the suffering women to agonizing death and torture without a tremor.

The article profiles Friedrich Karl Otto Dibelius, Protestant bishop of the Berlin-Brandenburg diocese in Germany and head of the united German Evangelical Church. He was jailed by the Nazis and is facing threats from the communists for being a champion of the rights of the church against an secular state. Otto Dibelius is described as a witness to the unique spiritual and political character of the Protestant Germany. He was born to a family of civil servants and clergymen in Berlin.

The article focuses on Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, the leader of Krupp AG which is the largest industry in Germany during the 1950s. It states that Krupp was able to rebuild the company after he was convicted of war crimes for supplying Germany with armaments for both World War I and II. It also highlights the personal life of Krupp particularly his marriages with different women such as Anneliese Bahr and Vera von Hossenfeldt.

The article discusses the growing popularity of swimming skinsuits, believed to be responsible for the East German team's successes during the 1972 Munich Olympics and the World Aquatic Games in Yugoslavia. It states that the suits are considered scandalous, but since many were convinced the East German teams were not superior to their counterparts in other countries, a number of merchandisers in the U.S. have begun importing them. It is believed the suits improve a swimmer's abilities in the water, as they reduce drag.

Presents quotes from various publications related to political and social events that took place around the world. Information on boys and girls having false ideas in Germany; Report on Spaniards freedom of speech; Focus of behavior of Adolph Hitler, German dictator with present pope and his predecessor; Comments on children reading comic strips.