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Foreign News: Poor Me

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TIME

In spite of Gerd von Rundstedt’s dashing drive against the U.S. armies, Germans at home had their own summary of the Christmas situation:

“Poor me! At Christmas brothers are at the front, sisters in factories, mother is a member of the searchlight crew, father is in the People’s Army, grandfather is in home defense, Santa Claus is bombed out and Baby Jesus is evacuated.”

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