Professor Thomas lectures on status of Germany

Professor Carl Richard Walther Thomas addressed the Belle Lettres Society on the status of Germany. Prof. Thomas claimed that Germany was misunderstood and that a deeper interest in "the Germany problem" will help Americans understand them. In addition, Prof. Thomas expressed doubt over the persecution of Jewish people in Germany. Thomas believed the reports on the oppression of Jewish citizens were "too extreme" and "too vague" to be true. Prof. Thomas ends his address saying he hopes "that the future will look upon Germany with a greater understanding, in spite of the unfortunate, but minor, Jewish issue which Hitler should have left alone."