InHitler'sGermany,allteachershadtobemembersoftheNaziParty.Aschoolgirldescribedhowpressurewasapplied.Hermothertookupcoachingyoungathletesduringtheearlywaryears.Notlongafter,therewasaknockatthedoor."Enterastranger.Hesaidhehadheardaboutmymother'sachievements.HehadassumedthatshewasamemberofthePartyandonlyfoundoutthatshewasnotwhenhecheckedhisrecords.Nodoubtthatwasjustanoversight,andwouldshejoin?(OfcourseanyonewhoreferredtothePartymeanttheNaziParty,therewasonlyone.)
"Mymotherfrozeoverandsaidfirmly'No'.Hewantedtoknowherreasons,andshesaidshehadreasonsofherown.Hedidnotunderstand.Mymothersaidsurelycoachinghadnothingtodowithpolitics.However,themanthoughtotherwise,andmymotherhadtogiveupamuchcherishedjob."
在希特勒的德國，只有納粹黨員才能當教師。一個女學生談到當局的威迫手段。戰爭初年，她母親做了年輕運動員的教練，不久，就有訪客扣門。「一個陌生人走進來，說聽過家母的成就，原本以為家母是黨員，翻查紀錄，才知道不是，那無疑是偶然疏忽的結果。她入不入黨？（「黨」自然是指納粹黨，因為當時一黨專政。）
「家母態度一時變得冷若冰霜，堅決的說『不想入黨』。那人問原因，家母說原因她當然有。那人說不明白，家母說教練的工作應和政治無關。那人可不這麼想。家母於是得放棄一分非常難得的工作。」