Oakville Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 8 May 2015, p. 1

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Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon 25° 12° 28° 17° 25° 16° 21° 15° Bored of skateboard parks Sports www.insidehalton.com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Friday, May 8, 2015 | 60 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Nazi-era letter found in book sale donation by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Oakville Literacy Council volunteer co-president Ken Auden, displays the Nazi-era document he found inside one of the thousands of donations made for this week's annual Oakville Literacy Council Book Sale. | photo by David Lea ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) It was part of the Third Reich's attempt to offset its horri c global reputation and now, nearly 80 years later, it has made its way to Oakville. A volunteer with the Oakville Literacy Council was examining a recent book donation at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC) when he discovered a letter dated Aug. 3, 1939. The letter, which is written in English, bears the letterhead of the Deutscher Fichte Bund and was mailed from Hamburg, Germany (then Nazi Germany) to a British MP in Wolverhampton Bilston, England. It begins with the author thanking the MP for his past correspondence and noting he was pleased to hear the of cial had previously met Germans during travel in many different lands and enjoyed visits to Germany. The letter takes on a more sinister tone near its conclusion where it becomes increasingly anti-Semitic and speaks to the global view of Germany at the time. see Document on p.4 ingeborg's w warehouse Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 to 5 · Sat. 10-5 · Sun. 11 to 4 OF SHOES TO CHOOSE FROM 1000'S Spring Savings have arrived! famous EuropEan brand namEs all undEr onE roof 1681 FINFAR COURT, MISSISSAUGA www.ingeborgs.ca 905.823.7415 Look for us on

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