[the invisib1e hand]

EV, it might be good, in light of what might be suggested by this thread -- that is, a seemingly, potentially prophetic parallel between the conditions in pre-Nazi Germany and the potential US conditions, at least in two realms: politics and economics -- that the letter be verified. Is a scan available somewhere?

And, in light of what is suggested, I'm glad you don't launch off into a defeatist dirge about how inevitable something awful is, absolutely.

No such thing is inevitable, no matter how close we come to it.

[EternalVigilance]

Any parallels are those suggested by your own mind. The author/editor simply asks you to think about it.

A bit of Googling led me to this:

http://books.google.com/books?id=W4sUi6omc3cC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=Fr.+Ingbert+Naab&source=bl&ots=iV_TZUvjM_&sig=ZAPKT3-JnLuLP1BkQxyzeUBmMRo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result

I’m sure you can find most everything you need to verify the story by similar means: