bombing barbarians

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

 + in september 1943 bert brecht pasted into his "arbeitsjournal" on one page an 
 aerial photo of destroyed hamburg and on the next page the following newspaper 
 cutting:

 "BERLIN WIPING OUT COST SET AT $18.75 TO EACH AMERICAN

  detroit, sept. 6. (ap) --- secretary of the treasury henry morgenthau jr. told 
  a labor day war bond rally here today that 'we want to blast the city of   
  berlin off the face of the map,' and estimated that it would cost possibly six 
  times as much to do this as it did to crush hamburg.
  
  he placed the total cost of preperation equipment and bombing of hamburg at   
  $346,000,000. 

  'say it costs six times as much to bomb berlin,' the treasury secretary said. 
  'that will be pretty close to $18.75 for every man, woman and child in the   
  country --- the price of a $25 bond.'"


                        brecht felt no need to add any comment; neither do i.


 peace on earth! kai *