Adolf Hitler neither finished school
nor had any vocational training. He occasionally lived
in homeless shelters or on the street. He refused to pursue a regular job. To this day, it seems inexplicable that he could come to power. Out of nowhere,
Hitler became the Fuhrer, leader of the German Reich, one of the most powerful men
of the 20th century who brought the world
to the brink of disaster and death to millions of people. The nation worshiped him and followed him blindly
into the abyss. During his lifetime, he kept his origins
and his life secret. No one should know how or who he was. Hitler's contemporaries
from his birth to his death flesh out the picture. Who was Hitler? [music] [music] [music] [music] -On June the 30th, 1903, the 72-year-old
Kaiser Franz Joseph the first, visits Braunau am Inn
to celebrate its 700th birthday. A historical coincidence, this older town
to Bavaria of all places is the origin
of the oldest film footage shot by an Austrian cinematographer. -"In the late '80s
of the last century, my parents lived
in a small town of the inn which is Bavarian by blood and Austrian by nationality." Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. -The customs inspector, Alois Hitler, and his family occupy
a small apartment on the top floor
of the Palmer Hotel in Braunau. At Easter time,
on April the 20th 1889 at about 6:30 in the evening, Adolf Hitler is born. -Parish register, Braunau. Adolf Hitler born
on April the 20th 1889 at 6:30 in the evening. Baptized on April the 22nd at 3:15 by Ignat Proust. -"To begin with, there's this
picture of little Adolf from 1889 a few months after his birth. One thing worthy of note
in this first picture of Hitler is the close resemblance
of Adolf to his mother." August Kubizek,
a childhood friend of Adolf Hitler. -Adolf Hitler is the third
of the couple's six children. He and his younger sister, Paula, are the only ones
to survive beyond childhood. The mother is 28 years old
at the time of the birth. The father is 51. Klara Hitler is related
to Alois Hitler. She's her husband's second cousin. When Hitler is three years old, his father is transferred
to a new post and decides to move into an apartment in Passau on the German side
of the border. Adolf Hitler lives with his family
in Bavaria for three years until 1895. -"Actually, Hitler didn't speak
a typical Austrian dialect." August Kubizek. -"In my youth, my German was the dialect spoken
in lower Bavaria." Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. -The oldest film recording
made in Austria, Hungary was shot by foreigners, the Lumiere brothers. It shows Vienna, the capital of a multinational empire
in the year 1896. -"In old Austria, you could travel without a passport. From the Mediterranean,
over the Alps, way into the East,
the West and the North." Oscar Kokoshka [?]. -Hitler's ancestry
from lower Austria, as well as a total of 21 years
spent in upper Austria and Vienna, do not suffice to make him Austrian in the sense of a citizen
of that nation. -Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian Chancellor
from 1934 to 1938. Austrians who spoke
about the nation before 1938 met the national culture
that extended beyond their borders which is what Austrian man
also identified with. -This cultural nation is Germany. Transporting a locomotive
through the streets of Kemlitz, 16 workhorses pulled the locomotive as the factory has
no rail connection. The majority
of German-speaking Austrians feel close links to the Germans
in Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, and the smaller federal states already united in a part
in the industrialized life. -"He was a grumpy, reticent old man, and like a lot of political
free spirits at the time, a stern German nationalist." Josef Myolf, farmer
in a village of Leonding by Linz. -"A visit to his parents' grave. His school friends say his mother
was loving and kind-hearted, the father was
cold, silent, and strict." Joseph Goebbels,
diary, July 22nd, 1938. -"I know I loved my father, but feared him all the more." Adolf Hitler, table talk, recorded by his secretary,
Christa Schroeder. -"My brother Adolf provoked
my father to such extremes that he was beaten every day." Paula Hitler, later Paula Wolff. -In June 1939, Eva Brawn filmed the small farm in the village of Hafeld
in Upper Austria that Hitler's father leases
after retiring early in 1895. On May the 1st 1895, Hitler starts school
in a one-roomed schoolhouse in the neighboring village
of Fischlham. In the year 1897, Hitler's father
sells the farm in Hafeld. The family lives temporarily
in the smalltown of Lambach. In 1898, the Hitler family moves
to the village of Leonding near Linz. Here Hitler's father
buys property number 61 including 1900 sq metres of land. After five years
of elementary school, in 1900 Adolf Hitler aged 11 begins secondary school
in the city of Linz. Adolf Hitler had to repeat his
first year at secondary school due to poor grades. -"I remember the scrawny pale boy who commuted every day between
Linz and Leonding fairly well. He was definitely talented
on the one hand, but was lacking control of himself. He was considered rebellious and he didn't work hard." Dr. Edwand Schumer,
Hitler's French teacher. -The quiet life enjoyed
by the Hitler family on this little patch of land only lasted a few years. The head of the family died
unexpectedly of a heart attack in January 1903, [?] Leonding,
the Furher's hometown. -Alois Hitler leaves
his modest savings to his four surviving children. Alois and Angele from the second
of his three marriages, and Adolf and Paula. This inheritance is to be paid out
when they come of age. -The quiet cemetery of Leonding
was his final resting place. His widow moved
to the nearby city of Linz for the better educational
opportunities for her children," Max XIXth. -In 1904, Klara Hitler has
to send her son Aldof who due to bad grades is again
in danger of not moving up a class to the State Secondary School
in Steyr 40 kilometers away. -"Look at my school grades. I had bad marks in German. That idiot of the professor
spoil the German language for me. I would never be able
to write a proper letter," Adolf Hitler
in the Fuhrer's headquarters, 1943. Last grades of secondary school
in Steyr, diligence, inconsistent; German, insufficient; geography and history, sufficient, mathematics, insufficient; physics, satisfactory; freehand drawing, commendable; sport, excellent. -"I don't have
a photograph of Adolf Hitler during the years of our friendship. There probably aren't any photos
of Hitler during this period. Everything that could be said
about images of Hitler, as a young man has already been said, were it not for the drawing
by a classmate from the fourth grade
of the junior high school in Steyr. By chance, this drawing
done in 1905 was preserved. The boy could only draw profiles. Nevertheless, there's something
peculiarly fascinating about this pencil sketch," August Kubizek. -After nine years, Adolf Hitler finishes school
without graduating. For the following three years, he lives in Linz
on his mother's pension, not really doing anything. -"All of his relatives
considered him worthless. A person who shied away from any
gainful employment from the start," August Kubizek. -Adolf Hitler talks his mother into allowing him
to travel to Vienna. He wants to apply for admission
to the general painting class at the Academy of Fine Arts. -"From early in the morning
to late at night, I ran from one sightseeing attraction
to the next, but the buildings were
the only things that fascinated me. All of ring street affected me like
a spell from the Arabian Nights." Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. "From 1904 to 1908 I was Adolf Hitler's
only friend in Linz, and thereafter in Vienna," August Kubizek. -Hitler, who later
in the opinion of a few art experts was not entirely untalented manages to pass the first election, but is turned down after the second. -"Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau, Upper Austria
on April the 20th, 1889. German, Catholic, few faces, test drawing unsatisfactory." Classification list
of the general painting class. -When Adolf Hitler disappointed
by the rejection returns to his family
in Linz after eight weeks, Klara Hitler is struck down
with a serious illness. She's suffering from a swelling. Nowadays it would be
diagnosed as cancer. For several months, Adolf Hitler devotedly
takes care of his mother at home. -"Dr. Bloch, well-loved by all
was the Hitler family physician," August Kubizek. "To a great degree,
the boy lived in his own world. I have no idea
what dreams he dreamt," Dr. Eduard Bloch, Jewish physician
of the Hitler family. -Klara Hitler dies in the night
of December the 21st 1907 surrounded by her family. -"The death of our mother had
a great effect on me and Adolf. We were very attached to our mother. When she died
Adolf stopped coming home," Paula Hitler, Adolf Hitler's sister. -In contrast to what Hitler's sister
Paula claims later, Adolf Hitler remains in Linz several weeks
after the death of his mother. He never tells his family
or his friend Kubizek that he failed the admissions tests
the previous year. -"Apparently,
he was having some really bad days. He was easily irritated and gave me short shrift when I started to talk
about my studies," August Kubizek. -In the spring of 1908, Adolf Hitler begins living the life
of a wastrel in the metropolis. -"Vienna was the most [?]
education in my life," Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. "The small inheritance that was
diligently managed by his guardian had to cover both the cost
of living and his studies, he may have been able
to supplement his income through the sale
of drawings and paintings," August Kubizek. -For the next month there is
no trace of his activities in Vienna. He's broken off contact
with his family and he fails the second entrance test
at the Art Academy. He begins to copy
street views of Vienna from books and then sells them as postcards. -"As a young, inexperienced man without any means of support, forced to get by on my own, the few kronan often only cents from the proceeds of my work were barely enough to pay
for my bed and board," Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. -Hitler's share
of his father's inheritance is paid out on April the 20th 1913, his 24th birthday. Hitler met Rudolph Heisler
in a men's hospital. With him, he wants to move
to the German city of Munich. -"He was just full
of praise for this city. At the same time, he didn't forget the large beer gardens
and radishes, et cetera," Housemate of Hitler's in 1912. -"I had arrived in this town as a boy and departed
as a quiet and serious man." Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. -The main reason for leaving Austria is probably that the later
commander-in-chief Adolf Hitler wants to get out
of doing military service. On Saturday, May the 24th 1913, Hitler and Heisler give notice
of departure to the police, but don't state
where they plan to live. In Munich,
Adolf Hitler has found the city that is to become
the center of his life. He does, however, remain an outsider. His inheritance helps
him build an uncertain yet adequate existence
on the fringe of society. [music] [music] [music] -"It was a beautiful
Sunday afternoon in spring. Someone knocked on the door
and I answered it. It was a young man wanting
to see the room we were renting. I showed it to him
and we reached an agreement," Frau landlady, Schleissheimer-Strasse 34. -Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Heisler rent a room together
from the Taylor Pop at 34 Stiglmaierplatz near the district of Schwabing. -"The younger generation
that we belong to didn't know anything about war, but were intoxicated by foreign wars. We had no real idea what war was. Adolf's father had
never been a soldier. Now and again, old men would talk
about [?]," August Kubizek. -Diary, Monday, June 29th, 1914, "Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir apparent
to the Austrian throne has been killed along with his wife, the scum of moral turpitude." Henrietta Schneider born 1872, housekeeper, East Prussia. -The incident triggers
a war in the Balkans that grows to become a World War. -"For me, those hours were release
from the annoying emotions of youth. I'm not ashamed to say today that I was overwhelmed
with enthusiasm, fell to my knees
and thanked the heavens with all my heart
that they had given me the good fortune
to live in this year," Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. -On August 2nd, 1914, the day after Germany
declares war on Russia, there was a big patriotic
rally on Odeonsplatz in front of the Town Hall. Heinrich Hoffmann
photographs the ceremony. Years later in an enlargement, he discovers a face among the masses, which is presumably Hitler's. -"On August 5th, 1914, I enlisted in the Army
on a request to His Majesty and entered
the first Bavarian Infantry Regiment. I was deferred for several days, then transferred
to the Second Infantry Regiment. Finally assigned to the Bavarian
Reserve Infantry Regiment number 16 on August 16th." Adolf Hitler, Outline of My Person. -For the first time in his life, Adolf Hitler wears a uniform. In the early morning hours
of October 21st, 1914, Hitler's regiment sets out
from Munich station in a westerly direction. Shortly after the first
combat mission of the list Regiment, Hitler is promoted to Lance Corporal. He will reject further promotions
during the course of the war. This would have involved
an attachment to other army units and Hitler would have
lost the camaraderie and security
of the regimental family. -"For the first time,
Hitler was part of a bigger community and with that came
the order and structure that spared him
the daily struggle to survive," Fritz Weiderman, Lieutenant. -As of November 9th, Hitler is deployed
as a dispatch runner and assigned to the regimental staff. In the eyes of many soldiers
in the trenches, the staff orderlies
behind the immediate front are privileged cowards. -"Whenever desk was on the prowl, a certain something
attempted to rebel, and appeared to the weak body
in the guise of reason, and was in fact only cowardice
that was behind this disguise trying to seduce the individual. By the winter of 1915-16 this battle was
already decided for me. The will itself had finally
become my complete master. Now fate could put me to the test without me losing my nerves. A young war volunteer
had become an old soldier." Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. -Hitler is respected by his comrades
at regimental headquarters, but he remains an outsider. In five or six photos
showing Hitler with his comrades, he's either standing
or sitting to one side. Hitler is wounded
by British artillery shrapnel on October 5th, 1916, and is taken
to the Red Cross Hospital in Berlitz, South of Berlin. By March 1st, 1917 he's back running dispatches
in the regimental staff. In the following months, he participates in combat activities. On August 4th, 1918, Hitler is awarded
the Iron Cross First Class, the highest military honor
that soldiers of his rank in the Imperial German Army
can receive. The nomination was submitted
by a Jewish officer, Lieutenant Hugo Gutmann. -"I never got out of Hitler, the reason for his
fanatical hatred of Jews. The experience with Jewish offices
during the World War couldn't have contributed to this," Flitz Weiderman, Lieutenant. -In the night of October 13th, Hitler's war service ends
in a heavy British barrage. -"Mustard Gas was used on a hill south of the city of Vivec. On October 13th, we came under several hours
of artillery fire with gas shells. Already around midnight, some of us dropped out, including some comrades permanently. In the morning I too experienced pain that grew stronger every 15 minutes. Then by seven o'clock I staggered and stumbled back
with burning eyes taking my last message
of the war with me," Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. -After treatment
in a mobile Army Hospital, Adolf Hitler is transported
to the Prussian reserve Hospital in Pasewalk, Western Pomerania. He's been on the front
for 42 of the 51 months of the war. Hitler remains
in Pasewalk for 28 days during which the world changes. [music] [music] [music] -In the military hospital
in Pasewalk, Adolf Hitler
and the other patients learned that a revolution has taken place, the monarchy abdicated and a ceasefire being concluded. -"I hadn't cried since the day
I stood by my mother's grave. Now, I couldn't stop myself." Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. -Like everything else in Mein Kampf, this portrayal is a stylization
and must be doubted. We don't know
whether it was Hitler's will or merely coincidence that influenced
his future cause from then on. On November 21st, 1918, Adolf Hitler returns to Munich. He tries to evade demobilization
and remain a soldier. There were clashes between supporters
of the Workers Councils and parliamentary democracy
in the state capital. The Social Democratic majority
allows right-wing volunteer groups the so-called Freikorps to break the power
of the Workers Councils. -A letter to Klara in Fritz Hess. "The Volunteer Corps made
an excellent impression. Without them, we would have been
finished in Bavaria." Rudolf Hess,
student and member of the Freikorps. -Adolf Hitler keeps his distance
to the revolutionary forces, but also to their right-wing
opponents. During this period,
Hitler grows more radical. He's under the influence
of Army officers like Karl Mayr, the head of the intelligence
battalion. -"When I met him for the first time, he came across as a tired stray dog
looking for an owner." Karl Mayr, captain of the Reichswehr. -Karl Mayr also finances
patriotic parties, like the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, the German Workers Party, which is founded in Munich
on January 5th, 1919, mainly by a group of rear women. On September 12th 1919, Hitler who has in the meantime,
being demobbed is sent to spy
on the German Workers Party by Mayr who also provides financial support. -:During the discussion, a professor spoke
about separatist views. The second Narrator
then took the floor and in short, powerful words,
demolished the professor. It was Adolf Hitler," Michelle Lotter, secretary
of the German Workers Party. [music] -"One day I had the opportunity
to talk to a large audience and what I had always
instinctively felt without knowing it turned out to be true. I could speak in public," Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. -In the second half
of September 1919, Hitler joins the German Workers Party and participates regularly
in its meetings. -"Among the various right-wing
radical organizations, the NSDAP was
by no means the strongest, but it was the most active
and cohesive group. It's significance is solely the result of the effect
of Hitler as a Narrator." [?] son of a publisher, acquaintance of Adolf Hitler
from 1920. -On February the 24th, 1920, Hitler speaks for the first time in front of more than
a thousand people at the Hofbräuhaus. He also announces
the 25 point party program, which is formally valid
for a quarter of a century until the demise of the NSDAP. -"First, we demand the unification
of all Germans in a Greater Germany, based on the right
of self determination of the people. Second, we demand equal rights
for the German people in respect to other nations as the abrogation
of the peace treaties of Versailles and Saint Germain. Third, we demand land and territory for the sustenance of our people and settlement
of our surplus population. Fourth, only a national comrade
can be a citizen. Only those of German blood
can be national comrades, regardless of creed. Consequently,
no Jew can be a national comrade." -A few days later, they changed their name
from the German Workers Party to the National Socialist
German Workers Party, or NSDAP. -"Hitler was the party and the party was Hitler," [?] [music] -"Because right now here in Munich, a movement is starting so strong that all young, powerful and healthy
forces are attracted to it. It is the National Socialist
German Workers Party. To make it absolutely clear, we are anti-semites." Ilse Pröhl, later Ilse Hess, from 1921 member of the NSDAP, letter to her former college teacher. [music] [music] [music] [music] -"When the first
party Congress is held, the Augsburg SA is well represented. At this first public presentation,
I get the impression that this has substance. We are not alone. The idea of the fatherland
is growing." [?], Augsburg, former SA member. -The German economy collapses. In August, 1923, hyperinflation sets in. -"Everything is getting worse. Famine, a loaf of bread 140 billion, then reduced again to 80 billion, famine, famine everywhere." Peter Kovitz, painter and sculptors. -The national associations
overestimate their own strength and believe that
parliamentary democracy is at an end. -Interview
with the daily mail newspaper October the 2nd, 1923. "If Mussolini were
to appear in Germany, then the people would fall
on their knees and worship him more than Mussolini
has ever been worshiped," Adolf Hitler. -"A large revolt from the right and Bavaria was
Ludendorff at its head," Henrietta Schneider,
District L, East Prussia. [music] -Report of the Regional Government
of Upper Bavaria, Munich, November the 9th, 1923. "The day before yesterday, Hitler promised General Foloso and Colonel Fonzaisa personally that he would not
undertake anything. The answer to this word of honor was given last night
when with pistol in hand, Hitler extorted a deKlaration
in favor of a national dictatorship from general state
commissioner, Foncar, General Foloso and Colonel Fonzaisa. At that the same time,
the ministers present were taken into custody
by Hitler's people." -Hitler presents his suggestions for new governments
in Berlin and Munich and mentions Erich Lunderdoff as Fuhrer and chief
with dictatorial power over the German National Army. He asks the already
drunken audience-- -"Do you accept this solution
for the German question of a Greater German state?" -Then as the crowd shouts
its agreement, Hitler proclaims-- -"Morning will either find us with the national government
in Germany, or find us dead." -The revolt is intended
to put Munich and Bavaria in the hands of the revolutionaries, and then with a March on Berlin
to topple the democratic system. The [?] accounting on defections
from the army in Bavaria and the Bavarian police. These however fail to materialize. On the morning of November the 10th, 2000 revolutionaries, some armed, march from the [?] through the center of town
to Ludwigstraße at Odeonsplatz. 10 years later, Munich, November the 9th, 1933, amateur film of a tradition that actually dates from the year
of the seizure of power. The annual March
of the old fighters of the NSDAP to the [?]. Leading the column as in 1923 are Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goring. -"We retreated to it
to Cafe Stephanie. People soon came in there, said there had been a skirmish on the [?] and the enormous crowd of Hitler-men turned and ran away
from the state police." Oscar Maria Graff,
writer, From my Life. [music] -On November the 12th, 1923, Adolf Hitler is sent
to the fortress prison in Lansberg. He is given cell number seven. The leaders of the [?]
are put on trial for high treason in the main lecture theater
of the Central War School on February the 26th, 1924. -Report of [?] Emissary, March 13, 1924. "I attended one
of the hearings myself and I was upset
to see how the observers who you could clearly see were
mostly from circles close to Hitler, used every opportunity to show
their support for the accused." [?] -Letter to Klara and Fritz Hess. "Hitler's final statement enclosed. It is one of the best,
most powerful speeches that he is ever given. Even those in the courtroom who weren't particularly
friendly to Hitler were deeply moved." Rudolph Hess, student. -The verdict is handed down
on April the 1st, 1924. All of the accused with the exception
of Ludendorff are found guilty. In his 13 months in Landsberg prison, Adolf Hitler begins
the transcript of a manifesto that portrays his alleged
journey through life and his development as a politician and sets out his worldview. -"I decided not only to clarify
the goals of our movement, but also to draw a picture
of its development. With that, I also had the chance to give a representation
of my own development." Adolf Hitler, Foreword to Mein Kampf. -The biographical parts of his book are, to a great extent,
exaggerated and unverified; however, his political goals
are deadly serious. His view of the world
is voluntaristic. He sees it as he wants to see it. Hitler's political gospel is derived
from a primitive Darwinian idea of a struggle for existence. It reflects the permanent fight
for survival of all against all transferred from nature
to human society. This struggle is, in his view, a selection process in which so-called
higher quality races have a better chance of survival. At its head is supposedly
a white person of the Nordic race of Aryans, the founders of culture. Like most anti semites before him, Hitler believes in a Jewish race disguised as a religious community. He sees Jews in history
as being parasites in the bodies of other nations and as contaminators
of the blood of the Aryan race. -"For hours, the blackhaired jew boy waits to ambush the unsuspecting girl who he pollutes with his blood and thus steals her from her people. With the same hidden agenda, destroying the hated white race with the inevitable
resulting bastardization." Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. -In another chapter, Hitler draft plans
for territorial living space for his Aryan German people. -"We are stopping the endless
German movement southwards and turning our gaze
towards the land in the east. If today we speak
of new land in Europe, we can primarily
only have in mind Russia that have vassal border states," Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. [music] [music] [music] -Diary, January the 14th, 1925. "At the end of the month, Hitler wants to call
for the reestablishment of the National Socialist
German Workers' Party. The only thing to do." Joseph Goebbels. -Hitler's remaining sentence
of three years, 333 days, 21 hours, and 50 minutes is waived according to the pedantic
leaves act court records. On February the 27th, 1925, Hitler reestablishes the party. In the first round of elections
for German president on March the 29th, 1925, Erich Ludendorff
is the candidate of the NSDAP and other nationalistic groups. He only receives 1.1% of the votes. When Paul von Hindenburg
enters the race in the second round of voting, Hitler orders his party to support the aging 70-seven-year-old
army general. Hitler and Ludendorff
go separate ways. Hitler is now the sole leader
of the national camp. -Diary, April the 26th, 1925. "Hindenburg elected, because he's a man that
Germany needs at this time. Is he not too old? Too easy to influence?" Bella Fromm,
German Jewish journalist. -From 1924 onwards, the German economy recovers. This leads to the five golden years
of the Weimar Republic. -"Looking back on it now, I see the mad world of this Berlin
of 1928-29 as a Pompeiian revel on the eve of the Vesuvian eruption." Sefton Delmer, correspondent
of the Daily Express in Berlin. -"The Nazis hated culture itself because it is
essentially international and therefore subversive
of nationalism." Christopher Isherwood,
British-American writer. [music] [music] -"In the 1920s,
Berlin was ahead of everything that was known as new in our field. It had everything. Reinhardt's great theater,
great film studios, great films, the most beautiful bars
and restaurants, including gay bars. Berlin was productive
and rich with ideas, rich in ideals
and at the same time, practical. A combination never achieved before." Marlene Dietrich,
actress and singer, Memoirs. [music] -"Art was no longer
a mere ornament of life, but rather its immediate expression. Cubism, futurism, expressionism, whatever you want to call it, this is how we were. This was our world, so shaken and shocked
that everything was upside down. Surrealism? Of course, what else?" Vicki Baum, writer and journalist. [music] -Despite the lack
of political success, the party stages spectacular rallies first in Munich and Weimar, then from 1927 onwards, exclusively in Nuremberg. -Diary, Nuremberg,
August the 4th, 1929. "A stampede of people
that exceeds our wildest hopes. Outside,
the drums are already booming. Torchlight processions,
endlessly long." Joseph Goebbels,
NSDAP leader of Berlin. -"The party conventions are, without question,
Hitler's personal work, just as he was involved
in building the SA from the smallest details
of the uniforms to the color of the color patches. He concerned himself with the planning
of the party conventions right down to the decorations
in the Congress Hall." Albert Krebs, NSDAP leader, Hamburg. -"Through the city,
a triumphant procession. Everyone cheering
and throwing flowers. March-past almost four hours. A sea of joy and flowers." Joseph Goebbels, diary. -The continuing fragmentation
of the party landscape is advantageous
for the rise of the NSDAP. In elections,
they win more and more support from the splinter
and protest parties. After imprisonment in Landsberg, Hitler becomes the sole leader
of the nationalist movement. He feels chosen by destiny to show Germany
the way to national salvation. Although the party remains
unsuccessful at the polls and membership increases only slowly, the personality cult
around Hitler is growing. This Führer cult post the National Socialist
Movement together across ideological divisions and personal differences. Between 1925 and 1929, Hitler's small political movement
is marked by activism, dynamism, enthusiasm, usefulness, and strength. Nearly 60% of new party members
are under 30 years old. -"Street processions,
press promotions, propaganda tools into the provinces created an atmosphere
of activism intention. There were countless clashes
and wounded people, even dead people left in the square." [?] autobiography. -In February 1930, one of the casualties
will be the Berlin student, Haus Vessal. For the last time, call to arms is sounded! For the fight, we all stand prepared! Soon Hitler's banners will fly over all streets. The time of bondage will last but a little while! ...with dilligence, ...through learning, and I must say
by starvation, slowly ... ...the spectre of Asian Bolshevism systemetically
impplemented by the Versailles Treaty ... ...and I once made the decision ... ...better knowledge, now to override ... -On November 16th, 1928, for the first time
after the ban on public speaking in Prussia has been lifted, Hitler speaks
in the [?] Palace in Berlin allegedly in front
of 18,000 supporters. For the first time, he uses an electroacoustic
sound system speaking into a microphone, and for the first time, his words are clearly understood
in every corner of a large space. Hail! ... National Comrads ... ... victory... ...or defeat ... ... the middle class in destitute ... ... the finances ... ... so it is typically German to possess 30 parties...
