table. " "But the sceptics say Norway will be a protectorate - - under German rule. What am I to say?" "Herr Hamsun, I assure you that my dream is the same... " "Herr Hitler, I do not doubt your dream of a new Europe. " "But you're a mortal, too. When you're gone, - - will Norway then be guaranteed constitutional rights- - ensuring our independence?" "Herr Hamsun, why do you persist in this legal quibbling?" "Herr Hitler, I agitated for a free Norway in 1905." "You were hardly even born then!" No, I can't say that. - What on earth are you doing? - Go away. I'm rehearsing. - Aren't I going with you to Hitler? - That's out of the question! There's talk of a historic meeting like that of Goethe and Napoleon. They say you're meeting Adolf Hitler. Can you confirm this rumour? I'm going to Vienna to speak at a journalists' conference. Ladles and gentlemen. Rlease excuse me - - for belng so bold as to stand up here In front of you. I get weary of wrltlng and I can't speak. Representatlves from all European natlons are slttlng here. All I ask from you Is to accept a greetlng - - from a poet up In the far north. He wrote books untll he became too weary. And all he can ask for now Is benevolence. He's too old. But here Is the Ilttle plece I have wrltten. My frlend and translator, Mr Holmboe. As a Norweglan, I want to make the followlng statement: I'm antl-Brltlsh by convlctlon, but It Is a known fact- - that most of my countrymen support the Brltlsh. Germany, however, Is alone - - In golng agalnst Brltaln's polsonous polltlcs. However bravely Germany fought durlng World War I, - - Brltaln always beneflts from the defeat of others. Thls Is my statement: Brltaln must be brought to her knees. Vlctory over the Yankees and the Bolshevlks Is not enough. Nol Brltaln must be crushed. In my long Ilfe I've seen the wlckedness emanatlng from Brltaln. Unrest, mlsery, vlolence, oppresslon, - - broken promlses and Internatlonal dlsputes. It's tlme to put an end to that. Brltaln must be brought to her knees. Sengsen Mountalns. Hollen Mountalns. Devil's Hill! Death HIII. Berghof is just around the bend. "I admire you, Herr Hitler. " "I believe in your dream about a great, new Europe. " Watzmann. Hohe Goll. Klrchsteln. Tea Is served. I'm a great admlrer of yours, Herr Hamsun. I feel we are klndred splrlts. My Ilfe resembles yours In many ways. I've always taken a great Interest In artlsts, - - In how you turn your experlences Into art. Herr Hitler admires you and is very interested in artists... I admire you, Herr Hitler. I believe in your dream of a new Europe. Herr Hamsun admlres you and belleves In your dream. Tell me, how dld you go about wrltlng "The Growth of the Soll"? Do you wrlte at dawn or at nlght? The dally rhythm of a poet and a polltlclan Is slmllar... Reichskommissar Terboven has no understanding of us. He says we can do our shipping in the Baltic or on our lakes. Norway, the third largest seafaring nation in the world! Well now, who's this? Look. Thls Is Albert Speer's Ilttle daughter. What a pretty little doll. Come back later. Your mother wlll be looklng for you. Herr Hamsun sald that Terboven wants us to sall on the lakes. Unfortunately, war puts an end to all overseas shlpplng. Unfortunately, war puts an end to all overseas shipping. But in the future. Norway is to take an honourable place in the new Europe. You said so. But Terboven has said repeatedly that Norway will cease to exist. Terboven says there won't be a Norway In the future. No Norway. We'll be reduced to a German province. We'll be a ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Большие неприятности на английском - текст Миссия невыполнима на английском - текст Красная палатка на английском - текст 9 рота на английском - текст Мертвые дочери на английском |