Traute Grier explained her experiences as her being scared of the Russians. She felt nothing could ever be worse than falling into the hands of her Russian enemies that had, just three years prior, taken down Berlin. She is telling this in first person point of view, reliving her own experiences.
Taking on the view of someone following God, God said when creating the earth to work 6 days and to keep the 7th holy. He even says in the 10 commandments to keep the Sabbath holy (which Is the 4th commandment). So not keeping the Sabbath was basically disobeying God which is why its so important for followers of Judaism (and Judea-Christians) to keep it holy/a day of rest.
Answer: They had most of the worlds supply of trade. They also had crops and lots of harvest.
Protective tariffs were a key element of the American system. These are tariffs that are enacted aiming to protect a domestic industry. Protective tariffs seek to make imported goods cost more than equivalent goods produced in the country, leading to the rise of sales of domestically produced goods; supporting local industry. Tariffs are also imposed in an attempt to increase government revenue, or to reduce an undesirable activity.