FDR: “We wish them to have a normal chance to develop, in peace, as useful…”

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We wish them to have a normal chance to develop, in peace, as useful and respectable members of the European family.

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Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt expresses a desire for Germany to develop peacefully as part of Europe after the war.

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FDR: “We wish them to have a normal chance to develop, in peace, as useful and respectable members of the European family.”