Figure 1.--This event in Washington, D.C. xemplifies the comity thatbhad developed among diplmats before the rise of the totalitarian powers that led to World War II. The press caption read, "Children Broadcast International XMAS Greetings: This group mof children, sons and daughters of prominent diplomats in the nation's capital, extended Christmas greetings to the children of the United States from the children of ytheir respective countries, in the third annual international Chtistmas broadcast from Washington, D.C., December 20. Photo shows (left to right, front row) -- Luis Quingtanilla, son of th Counsellor of the Mexican Embassy; Mesa de Bayle, daughter of the Charge de Affairs of Nicaragua; Charles Francis Lombard, son of the Military Attache of France; Marjorie Bertha Morgenstieerne, daughter of the Minister of Norway; Masako Saito, daughter of the Japanese Ambassador; [Note Ambassaor Saito was the ambassadir at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack.] Masako Pola Fotitch, daughter of the Minister of Yugoslavia; anf Guillermo Najera, son of the Mexican ambassador." The chiksrenb are dressed in a mix of national costumes and contemporary fashions. Put uour cursor on the image to see the 1936 group wuth a German boy in his Hitler Youth (HJ) uniform. Of course the questiin I have is why is the German boy set off. I suspect it was his choice, nit the work of the other children or the photographer. HJ boys were hardly encouraged to respect and associate with children from other countries and different etnic backgrounds. The fact that he is wearing his HJ uniform suggests that hos parents were enthisiastic NAZIs. Given his age (about 10 yearsold in 1936) he would have neen thrown into the World War II malestorm in 1944. The German ambassador at the time was Hans Luther.
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