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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,179 --> 00:00:03,079 foreign 2 00:00:05,660 --> 00:00:12,599 Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf my 3 00:00:09,059 --> 00:00:15,420 struggle a book filled with hatred its 4 00:00:12,599 --> 00:00:17,460 last passage is this fanatical cry a 5 00:00:15,420 --> 00:00:20,560 state that refuses racial contamination 6 00:00:17,460 --> 00:00:25,429 will inevitably dominate the world 7 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:25,429 [Music] 8 00:00:27,180 --> 00:00:42,300 [Applause] 9 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:47,219 Adolf Hitler born April 20 1889 he 10 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:47,219 commits suicide on April 30 1945. 11 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:55,940 how did this Austrian who came out of 12 00:00:51,300 --> 00:00:55,940 nowhere succeed in conquering Germany 13 00:00:56,940 --> 00:01:01,579 so the seeds of 14 00:00:58,860 --> 00:01:01,579 him violence 15 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:13,880 and how did Hitler and the Nazis drag 16 00:01:09,540 --> 00:01:13,880 the world into the Apocalypse 17 00:01:25,590 --> 00:01:28,699 [Music] 18 00:01:43,380 --> 00:01:48,900 [Applause] 19 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:48,900 foreign 20 00:01:49,870 --> 00:01:52,939 [Music] 21 00:01:57,540 --> 00:02:02,240 how was the Hitler phenomenon possible 22 00:02:07,399 --> 00:02:12,300 in mineconf Hitler writes 23 00:02:10,679 --> 00:02:14,879 the first world war was the most 24 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:18,080 unforgettable and most Sublime moment in 25 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:18,080 my Earthly existence 26 00:02:19,319 --> 00:02:23,879 for four years Corporal Hitler has been 27 00:02:21,660 --> 00:02:27,959 a courier carrying messages for 28 00:02:23,879 --> 00:02:30,540 bavaria's 16th Infantry Regiment 29 00:02:27,959 --> 00:02:32,459 he runs from trench to trench delivering 30 00:02:30,540 --> 00:02:35,040 the soldiers their orders 31 00:02:32,459 --> 00:02:39,080 it's a dangerous assignment 32 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:39,080 he is decorated with the Iron Cross 33 00:02:39,959 --> 00:02:46,040 he will always wear his Iron Cross 34 00:02:41,879 --> 00:02:46,040 underneath his Nazi party insignia 35 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:52,260 [Music] 36 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:54,120 during the first world war Hitler learns 37 00:02:52,260 --> 00:02:56,700 utter disdain for the value of human 38 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:59,540 life as do many other soldiers in this 39 00:02:56,700 --> 00:02:59,540 terrible conflict 40 00:03:20,239 --> 00:03:25,280 Hitler gradually becomes a fanatical 41 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,280 nationalist 42 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:38,819 also in the trenches the confused idea 43 00:03:36,959 --> 00:03:41,099 is born that one day he will bear 44 00:03:38,819 --> 00:03:42,959 witness and stand up for his companions 45 00:03:41,099 --> 00:03:47,780 and misery 46 00:03:42,959 --> 00:03:47,780 in other words get into politics 47 00:03:49,799 --> 00:03:54,000 Hitler will always know how to 48 00:03:51,900 --> 00:03:56,220 effectively exploit his camaraderie with 49 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,159 fellow War veterans 50 00:03:56,220 --> 00:04:01,010 as he does 15 years later in this speech 51 00:03:59,159 --> 00:04:06,590 to workers at the Siemens Factory 52 00:04:01,010 --> 00:04:06,590 [Applause] 53 00:04:19,260 --> 00:04:22,260 foreign 54 00:04:23,290 --> 00:04:26,439 [Music] 55 00:04:30,470 --> 00:04:33,559 [Music] 56 00:04:33,750 --> 00:04:39,000 [Applause] 57 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:42,020 a succession of events would accelerate 58 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,020 his political engagement 59 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:50,900 on the night of October 13 1918 a gas 60 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,900 shell attack makes him temporarily blind 61 00:04:52,199 --> 00:04:57,620 evacuated to a field Hospital and then 62 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:57,620 to Germany 63 00:04:59,940 --> 00:05:04,680 meanwhile at the front 64 00:05:02,340 --> 00:05:07,460 the Germans are pushed back and many are 65 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,460 taken prisoner 66 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:20,300 hatred of the French is omnipresent 67 00:05:16,199 --> 00:05:20,300 by the Victor's injurious Acts 68 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:30,500 here a German soldier's last possession 69 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:30,500 his pipe is stolen by a French soldier 70 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:38,820 Prisoners the soldiers of the Kaiser 71 00:05:36,180 --> 00:05:40,860 German Emperor Wilhelm II try to 72 00:05:38,820 --> 00:05:42,419 maintain their dignity as their marched 73 00:05:40,860 --> 00:05:44,580 through the same French and Belgian 74 00:05:42,419 --> 00:05:47,419 Villages they've laid waste to over the 75 00:05:44,580 --> 00:05:47,419 last four years 76 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,680 the rest of the German Army begins its 77 00:05:50,460 --> 00:05:54,240 retreat in good military order with its 78 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,460 weapons 79 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,440 these soldiers will keep the bitterness 80 00:05:56,460 --> 00:06:00,960 of a defeat that is portrayed by extreme 81 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:03,840 right-wing propagandists as being caused 82 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:06,960 by Germany's unpatriotic elements those 83 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:09,419 who negotiated with the Enemy 84 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,340 at this moment an event occurs in 85 00:06:09,419 --> 00:06:14,600 Hitler's life that he will always 86 00:06:11,340 --> 00:06:14,600 consider a turning point 87 00:06:17,940 --> 00:06:22,319 he slowly recovers and eventually 88 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,080 regains his sight in the possible 89 00:06:22,319 --> 00:06:29,000 Military Hospital North of Berlin where 90 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:29,000 the Army treats cases of shell shock 91 00:06:31,979 --> 00:06:35,520 Hitler recounts 92 00:06:33,780 --> 00:06:36,780 that when he learned of The Emperor's 93 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,759 abdication 94 00:06:36,780 --> 00:06:41,220 the end of the German monarchy in favor 95 00:06:38,759 --> 00:06:43,620 of a Republic and the Armistice of 96 00:06:41,220 --> 00:06:47,819 November 11 1918 that marked Germany's 97 00:06:43,620 --> 00:06:50,940 defeat he heard an inner voice 98 00:06:47,819 --> 00:06:52,919 he States this voice called me to free 99 00:06:50,940 --> 00:06:54,630 the German people and to restore 100 00:06:52,919 --> 00:06:57,990 Germany's greatness 101 00:06:54,630 --> 00:06:57,990 [Music] 102 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:03,419 Hitler will never cease to exaggerate 103 00:07:01,199 --> 00:07:05,940 this event transforming the hospital 104 00:07:03,419 --> 00:07:10,250 into a veritable Temple 105 00:07:05,940 --> 00:07:11,940 dedicated to his miraculous mission 106 00:07:10,250 --> 00:07:15,419 [Music] 107 00:07:11,940 --> 00:07:16,860 above his bust these lines from mineconf 108 00:07:15,419 --> 00:07:19,800 will be engraved 109 00:07:16,860 --> 00:07:22,280 and so it was that I decided to go into 110 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,280 politics 111 00:07:22,620 --> 00:07:27,180 to this hallucination Hitler will add 112 00:07:25,259 --> 00:07:28,740 his obsession 113 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:34,460 for him 114 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:34,460 the German eagle was stabbed by the Jews 115 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:42,539 in Mein Kampf he writes if we had just 116 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:45,300 once during the war used poison gas on 117 00:07:42,539 --> 00:07:46,560 12 or 15 000 of those Hebrew corrupters 118 00:07:45,300 --> 00:07:49,020 of the people 119 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:52,160 the sacrifice of millions of men would 120 00:07:49,020 --> 00:07:52,160 not have been in vain 121 00:07:53,460 --> 00:07:59,220 already at the end of 1916 the heads of 122 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,460 the Imperial Army Field Marshal 123 00:07:59,220 --> 00:08:03,919 Hindenburg and his adjutant General 124 00:08:01,460 --> 00:08:06,360 ludendorff and an ill-considered 125 00:08:03,919 --> 00:08:08,280 ultra-nationalist gesture ordered an 126 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:12,080 account of the Jewish Soldier suspected 127 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:12,080 of unpatriotic behavior 128 00:08:15,259 --> 00:08:21,500 anti-Semitism goes back centuries and 129 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,500 knows no borders 130 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,819 dogged by this Destiny throughout 131 00:08:23,879 --> 00:08:29,699 history the Jews whether poor and living 132 00:08:26,819 --> 00:08:32,219 in ghettos or assimilated in Bourgeois 133 00:08:29,699 --> 00:08:34,880 periodically becomes scapegoats in times 134 00:08:32,219 --> 00:08:34,880 of crisis 135 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:43,260 in Russia at the beginning of the 20th 136 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:46,680 century they have been victims of 137 00:08:43,260 --> 00:08:50,660 pogroms massacres many who fled the 138 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:50,660 persecution settled in Germany 139 00:08:52,620 --> 00:09:00,380 the big question is 140 00:08:55,800 --> 00:09:00,380 did Hitler himself have Jewish blood 141 00:09:02,459 --> 00:09:07,320 one of the Nazi regime's most closely 142 00:09:04,860 --> 00:09:09,060 guarded secret is that he's unable to 143 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,860 prove the opposite 144 00:09:09,060 --> 00:09:13,760 he doesn't know who one of his 145 00:09:10,860 --> 00:09:13,760 grandfathers was 146 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:18,740 the identity of his father's father is 147 00:09:16,260 --> 00:09:18,740 unknown 148 00:09:18,779 --> 00:09:23,880 Hitler's grandmother eventually married 149 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:26,640 a Miller Johann Hitler 150 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:28,880 who recognized the son giving him his 151 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,880 name 152 00:09:29,339 --> 00:09:34,080 according to Nazi law Hitler doesn't 153 00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:36,660 meet the so-called protection of the 154 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:40,440 blood criteria imposed on the Germans 155 00:09:36,660 --> 00:09:42,720 who to avoid persecution must prove that 156 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:46,140 none of their four Grandparents were 157 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:47,960 Jewish Hitler cannot prove that he isn't 158 00:09:46,140 --> 00:09:51,070 Jewish in Nazi terms 159 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,070 [Music] 160 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:58,940 April 20 1889 Adolf Hitler is born to a 161 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:02,820 Catholic Family in what is then the 162 00:09:58,940 --> 00:10:04,440 austro-hungarian empire in buonao Amin a 163 00:10:02,820 --> 00:10:06,800 small town on the border with the German 164 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,800 Empire 165 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,600 his father is a customs officer a 166 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:16,140 widower 167 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:19,940 he remarried his much younger cousin 168 00:10:16,140 --> 00:10:19,940 making it an interbred Union 169 00:10:20,110 --> 00:10:24,720 [Music] 170 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:26,880 during Hitler's Early Childhood the 171 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:30,800 family moves often due to his father's 172 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,800 changing assignments along the border 173 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:39,480 model student during primary school at 174 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:42,019 eight he is an altar boy in this 175 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:42,019 monastery 176 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,860 he sings and admires the priest's 177 00:10:45,420 --> 00:10:48,790 self-sacrifice 178 00:10:46,860 --> 00:10:52,140 and sense of mission 179 00:10:48,790 --> 00:10:54,839 [Music] 180 00:10:52,140 --> 00:10:57,839 he notices a strange cross upon the 181 00:10:54,839 --> 00:11:00,180 monastery's pediment it prefigures the 182 00:10:57,839 --> 00:11:01,560 swastika which will become the Nazi 183 00:11:00,180 --> 00:11:03,420 emblem 184 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:05,459 Hitler will always remember the 185 00:11:03,420 --> 00:11:08,779 monastery's cross as if it were 186 00:11:05,459 --> 00:11:08,779 important of his destiny 187 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:15,600 [Applause] 188 00:11:13,079 --> 00:11:17,160 for centuries the swastika has been a 189 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,500 beneficial symbol of the Perpetual 190 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:22,800 movement of humanity 191 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:25,560 in the Nazis deviant interpretation it 192 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:28,140 becomes the symbol of the Aryan race a 193 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:30,420 mythical pure race of tall blue-eyed 194 00:11:28,140 --> 00:11:32,839 blondes to which Hitler will add a 195 00:11:30,420 --> 00:11:32,839 helmet 196 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:39,420 the Mystique of a superior race 197 00:11:36,420 --> 00:11:39,420 foreign 198 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:42,860 [Music] 199 00:11:54,290 --> 00:12:00,360 [Music] 200 00:11:57,300 --> 00:12:04,519 growing up Hitler doesn't correspond to 201 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,519 this ideal he is pampered by his mother 202 00:12:04,860 --> 00:12:08,579 he will return to this Austrian 203 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:11,160 landscape at important moments in his 204 00:12:08,579 --> 00:12:12,959 career like this one a few weeks before 205 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:17,240 his invasion of Poland and his 206 00:12:12,959 --> 00:12:17,240 provocation of the second World War 207 00:12:17,519 --> 00:12:23,399 images of his childhood home filmed and 208 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:25,920 edited by his mistress Eva Brown and 209 00:12:23,399 --> 00:12:30,600 entitled the fuhrer visits the homeland 210 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:30,600 of his childhood June 12 1939. 211 00:12:32,519 --> 00:12:37,920 he stops to place flowers on his parents 212 00:12:34,740 --> 00:12:39,839 Graves as is the custom 213 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:44,240 he Bears no resentment towards his 214 00:12:39,839 --> 00:12:44,240 father a strict disciplinarian who drank 215 00:12:44,820 --> 00:12:50,880 but his mother who died from cancer at 216 00:12:47,279 --> 00:12:52,740 age 47 was the only person Hitler ever 217 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:55,500 really loved 218 00:12:52,740 --> 00:12:57,899 during all of the fuhrer's birthdays she 219 00:12:55,500 --> 00:13:00,600 Reigns over the presence and in his 220 00:12:57,899 --> 00:13:03,000 bunker during his final moments Hitler 221 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:05,160 carries her portrait with him 222 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:08,700 Hitler was in conflict with his father 223 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:10,820 who wanted him to become a civil servant 224 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:13,500 but Hitler will not go far in school 225 00:13:10,820 --> 00:13:16,339 arrogantly considering himself above the 226 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:16,339 education system 227 00:13:18,779 --> 00:13:24,959 at 19 after his mother's death he leaves 228 00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:27,060 for Vienna he's not predestined to go 229 00:13:24,959 --> 00:13:29,820 into politics since he dreams of 230 00:13:27,060 --> 00:13:32,339 attending the Boze Arts Academy 231 00:13:29,820 --> 00:13:36,320 thanks to his modest inheritance he's 232 00:13:32,339 --> 00:13:36,320 able to live the Bohemian artist's life 233 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:42,139 Vienna at this time is one of Europe's 234 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,139 intellectual centers 235 00:13:43,139 --> 00:13:47,160 Hitler discovers the upper-crust 236 00:13:45,060 --> 00:13:48,660 lifestyle 237 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:51,300 against which 238 00:13:48,660 --> 00:13:54,500 the red flags of the Socialist activists 239 00:13:51,300 --> 00:13:54,500 are unfurled 240 00:13:56,459 --> 00:14:00,180 having left his home Province he 241 00:13:58,260 --> 00:14:03,240 discovers the many communities living in 242 00:14:00,180 --> 00:14:10,220 the austro-hungarian capital 243 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:14,040 checks polls Italians croatians and Jews 244 00:14:10,220 --> 00:14:16,139 he will later state it appeared to me 245 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:18,860 like the Incarnation of racial 246 00:14:16,139 --> 00:14:18,860 profanation 247 00:14:21,660 --> 00:14:25,860 he makes a try at the bozart's entrance 248 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:28,620 exam that he barely prepares for because 249 00:14:25,860 --> 00:14:30,000 despite all his ambition he has little 250 00:14:28,620 --> 00:14:33,180 courage 251 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:35,100 he isn't admitted 252 00:14:33,180 --> 00:14:37,920 the period that follows is a difficult 253 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:40,139 one it's just before the Great War he 254 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:42,120 lives in a boarding house for men and 255 00:14:40,139 --> 00:14:44,600 survives by copying postcards for 256 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,600 tourists 257 00:14:45,139 --> 00:14:50,940 with a little money he earns he attends 258 00:14:48,060 --> 00:14:52,320 the Opera to hear Wagner which as a 259 00:14:50,940 --> 00:14:56,420 friend recounts 260 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:56,420 sends Hitler into a trance 261 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:03,600 Hitler whose everyday life is mediocre 262 00:15:01,019 --> 00:15:05,339 at best dreams of these Heroes of 263 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:08,459 Germanic Legend 264 00:15:05,339 --> 00:15:10,800 one of his favorite operas isrienzi 265 00:15:08,459 --> 00:15:14,240 in which a young Warrior takes on the 266 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,240 mission of saving his people 267 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:21,600 [Music] 268 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:25,560 civilization 269 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:27,300 Hitler is 25 this August 2nd 1914 and 270 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:30,300 the declaration of war will transform 271 00:15:27,300 --> 00:15:32,760 his failed artist's life 272 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:35,699 earlier to escape military service he 273 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:38,459 had fled Austria now he is in Germany in 274 00:15:35,699 --> 00:15:40,860 Munich swept up in the Folly of extreme 275 00:15:38,459 --> 00:15:45,860 nationalist sentiment that is hurtling 276 00:15:40,860 --> 00:15:45,860 all of Europe towards the great Massacre 277 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:53,940 Hitler has been identified in the midst 278 00:15:51,420 --> 00:15:56,339 of the crowd enthusiastically welcoming 279 00:15:53,940 --> 00:15:58,680 the declaration of war 280 00:15:56,339 --> 00:16:01,920 this photo will reappear opportunity 281 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:04,740 during the 1932 election campaign the 282 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,540 Nazis make sure it's widely viewed their 283 00:16:04,740 --> 00:16:07,920 adversaries will denounce it as a photo 284 00:16:06,540 --> 00:16:10,620 montage 285 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:13,380 but one thing is certain Hitler was 286 00:16:10,620 --> 00:16:17,000 indeed there he fought in the War and 287 00:16:13,380 --> 00:16:17,000 the war transformed him 288 00:16:20,459 --> 00:16:25,320 after four years with his regiment he 289 00:16:22,980 --> 00:16:27,420 returns to Munich to a Germany in the 290 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:30,839 throes of revolution 291 00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:33,920 Hitler is 30 years old a decisive period 292 00:16:30,839 --> 00:16:33,920 opens up before him 293 00:16:34,139 --> 00:16:40,079 above all he wants to remain in the Army 294 00:16:37,259 --> 00:16:41,940 which guarantees order instability for 295 00:16:40,079 --> 00:16:44,240 the new regime of the Social Democrat 296 00:16:41,940 --> 00:16:44,240 president 297 00:16:47,110 --> 00:16:50,399 [Music] 298 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,620 the young Republic must deal with the 299 00:16:50,399 --> 00:16:54,240 Marxist revolutionary movement the 300 00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:56,220 Spartacus League 301 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,959 who are trying to seize power like the 302 00:16:56,220 --> 00:17:00,259 Bolsheviks did in Russia two years 303 00:16:57,959 --> 00:17:00,259 before 304 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:07,380 the Army crushes them aided by volunteer 305 00:17:04,559 --> 00:17:11,059 nationalists the free Corps a spawning 306 00:17:07,380 --> 00:17:11,059 ground for the future Nazi party 307 00:17:11,819 --> 00:17:14,760 Hitler serves in the army with great 308 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:17,040 zeal 309 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:19,799 his primary goal is to keep a roof over 310 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:22,079 his head and keep his mess kit for which 311 00:17:19,799 --> 00:17:24,679 he'll stoop to anything 312 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:27,540 he becomes a provocateur an Informer 313 00:17:24,679 --> 00:17:30,140 denouncing comrades he suspects of being 314 00:17:27,540 --> 00:17:30,140 Reds 315 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:39,059 Superior officers whose duties include 316 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:41,880 controlling the population by combating 317 00:17:39,059 --> 00:17:45,380 communist ideas take note of his 318 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,380 anti-revolutionary fervor 319 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:51,000 they give his remission 320 00:17:48,660 --> 00:17:55,020 the political re-education of returning 321 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:58,980 German soldiers and prisoners of War 322 00:17:55,020 --> 00:18:01,320 Hitler's commanding officer notes 323 00:17:58,980 --> 00:18:03,480 he's a natural-born orator 324 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:06,299 his fanaticism and populism captivates 325 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:07,620 listeners forcing one to think as he 326 00:18:06,299 --> 00:18:10,740 does 327 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:14,000 Hitler says at that moment I understood 328 00:18:10,740 --> 00:18:14,000 that I knew how to speak 329 00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:20,580 next he would learn to use theatrical 330 00:18:17,039 --> 00:18:23,640 effects and how to dominate his audience 331 00:18:20,580 --> 00:18:26,960 as shown in this 1933 film of which we 332 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,960 have kept the original soundtrack 333 00:18:27,990 --> 00:18:34,170 [Applause] 334 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:05,880 from his Beginnings Hitler knew how to 335 00:19:03,660 --> 00:19:07,980 escalate intensity and to feed his 336 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:10,160 listeners exactly what they wanted to 337 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,160 hear 338 00:19:11,299 --> 00:19:18,980 in 1919 he denounces the national Shame 339 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:18,980 of the Treaty of Versailles 340 00:19:22,919 --> 00:19:28,080 after months of discussions among 341 00:19:24,900 --> 00:19:31,020 themselves The Victors above all France 342 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:34,320 England and the United States impose 343 00:19:31,020 --> 00:19:36,960 harsh peace terms on Germany 344 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:38,800 as if it alone were responsible for the 345 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,500 massive Carnage 346 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:43,140 [Music] 347 00:19:40,500 --> 00:19:46,620 Treaty of Versailles signed on June 28 348 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:49,020 1919 condemns Germany to pay enormous 349 00:19:46,620 --> 00:19:51,600 reparations which will create a great 350 00:19:49,020 --> 00:19:53,220 burden on the economy and will become a 351 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:56,059 central issue in Germany's popular 352 00:19:53,220 --> 00:19:56,059 grievances 353 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:03,000 Germany also sees 13 of its territories 354 00:20:01,260 --> 00:20:06,000 and one tenth of its population 355 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,000 amputated 356 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:13,700 once again becomes French and the Ryan's 357 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,700 entire Left Bank is demilitarized 358 00:20:15,539 --> 00:20:21,720 a German film of the period denounces 359 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:24,059 The Carving up of the national territory 360 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,740 the worst is the separation of East 361 00:20:24,059 --> 00:20:28,380 Prussia from Germany 362 00:20:25,740 --> 00:20:31,260 to reconstitute Poland partitioned in 363 00:20:28,380 --> 00:20:33,559 the 18th century giving it access to the 364 00:20:31,260 --> 00:20:33,559 Sea 365 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:42,539 a Polish Corridor will be the issue that 366 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:45,360 ultimately leads to the Second World War 367 00:20:42,539 --> 00:20:47,340 for many Germans the Allies conditioned 368 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:52,400 that paramilitary anti-revolutionary 369 00:20:47,340 --> 00:20:52,400 forces be disarmed adds insult to injury 370 00:20:54,059 --> 00:20:59,000 they witnessed the destruction of their 371 00:20:56,340 --> 00:20:59,000 submarines 372 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,419 their battleships 373 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:09,679 and their Air Force 374 00:21:10,340 --> 00:21:17,100 Germany's army is reduced to 100 000 men 375 00:21:14,460 --> 00:21:19,380 Hitler against his wishes is demobilized 376 00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:21,360 into this Bavarian region in upheaval 377 00:21:19,380 --> 00:21:24,020 where the right-wing extremist groups 378 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:24,020 proliferate 379 00:21:24,900 --> 00:21:29,820 here he is filmed for the first time 380 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,860 during a demonstration of the d.a.p 381 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:34,919 the German Workers Party 382 00:21:31,860 --> 00:21:37,980 as early as 1919 the Army has ordered 383 00:21:34,919 --> 00:21:40,919 him to infiltrate and spy on this group 384 00:21:37,980 --> 00:21:43,260 lacking better prospects he remains a 385 00:21:40,919 --> 00:21:46,400 member and develops into a full-time 386 00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:46,400 political agitator 387 00:21:48,179 --> 00:21:53,280 politically Bavaria is on the far right 388 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:55,980 whereas power in Berlin is with the 389 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:57,179 center leftist Weimar Republic named 390 00:21:55,980 --> 00:21:59,400 after the city where the new 391 00:21:57,179 --> 00:22:01,420 constitution has just been voted into 392 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:06,000 law 393 00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:08,520 [Music] 394 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,440 Hitler transformed into a died in the 395 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,740 will Bavarian howls With The Wolves 396 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:15,539 against the November criminals 397 00:22:12,740 --> 00:22:18,980 signatories of the Armistice and of the 398 00:22:15,539 --> 00:22:18,980 shameful their side dictat 399 00:22:20,159 --> 00:22:24,900 sentiments are shared by the Army 400 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:27,900 especially by the War veterans who 401 00:22:24,900 --> 00:22:30,419 Gather in Munich's large beer Halls one 402 00:22:27,900 --> 00:22:33,840 of these is the Burger brow killer where 403 00:22:30,419 --> 00:22:36,059 on August 13 1920 Hitler makes his 404 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:40,280 political debut with a lecture entitled 405 00:22:36,059 --> 00:22:40,280 why are we anti-Semitic 406 00:22:40,919 --> 00:22:45,900 for Hitler the answer is beyond his 407 00:22:44,039 --> 00:22:47,299 visceral hatred for the Jews since the 408 00:22:45,900 --> 00:22:49,980 German defeat 409 00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:53,600 anti-Semitism is the best strategy for 410 00:22:49,980 --> 00:22:53,600 attracting nationalist militants 411 00:22:55,010 --> 00:22:58,500 [Music] 412 00:22:56,220 --> 00:23:01,020 Hitler galvanizes the radicals of his 413 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:03,240 small right-wing extremist group 414 00:23:01,020 --> 00:23:07,100 they make him their leader and buy him a 415 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:07,100 car evidence of his importance 416 00:23:09,900 --> 00:23:14,520 Hitler changes the party's name 417 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:15,600 associating the terms National and 418 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:18,600 socialism 419 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:21,559 his goal is to create a wider appeal and 420 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:25,980 to show his anti-capitalist stance 421 00:23:21,559 --> 00:23:28,440 the d.a.p will now be the nsdap 422 00:23:25,980 --> 00:23:29,220 the National Socialist German Workers 423 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,250 Party 424 00:23:29,220 --> 00:23:33,659 the abbreviated form of which is Nazi 425 00:23:32,250 --> 00:23:35,760 [Music] 426 00:23:33,659 --> 00:23:38,290 in his small headquarters in a Munich 427 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:40,080 Beer Hall he draws his party's emblem 428 00:23:38,290 --> 00:23:43,500 [Music] 429 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:45,720 he will write in Mein Kampf 430 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:48,059 after innumerable attempts 431 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:50,580 I chose a red flag to show our 432 00:23:48,059 --> 00:23:53,400 movement's social Dimension with a white 433 00:23:50,580 --> 00:23:56,700 circle representing our nationalism and 434 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:58,280 the swastika symbol of the Aryan the 435 00:23:56,700 --> 00:24:01,380 eternal anti-semite 436 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:04,260 [Music] 437 00:24:01,380 --> 00:24:07,260 to protect their meetings he creates the 438 00:24:04,260 --> 00:24:09,840 sa Stormtroopers his assault unit 439 00:24:07,260 --> 00:24:11,659 a small militia whose uniforms he 440 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:15,440 obtains from a stock of the former 441 00:24:11,659 --> 00:24:15,440 austro-hungarian customs office 442 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:20,360 his radicalism increases the party's 443 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:24,600 membership from 2000 to 20 000. 444 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:27,000 multiplying by ten in one year 445 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:30,720 he succeeds thanks to the help of a 446 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:34,039 racist sect the tool Society named for a 447 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:34,039 legendary Nordic Kingdom 448 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:43,500 its members finance a newspaper with 449 00:24:39,780 --> 00:24:45,659 funds of questionable origin 450 00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:50,000 this publication becomes the official 451 00:24:45,659 --> 00:24:50,000 Nazi party newspaper under a new title 452 00:24:50,299 --> 00:24:57,240 the racist people's Observer 453 00:24:54,059 --> 00:24:59,760 its editor Alfred Rosenberg is a member 454 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:02,820 of the tool society and acts as the 455 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:05,820 theoretician of anti-Semitism confused 456 00:25:02,820 --> 00:25:09,860 if not to say deranged he'll be an 457 00:25:05,820 --> 00:25:09,860 important inspirer of the showa 458 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:16,919 another former member of the tool 459 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:19,559 Society during his student days is 460 00:25:16,919 --> 00:25:22,140 Rudolf Hess he'll become Hitler's 461 00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:25,640 secretary and one of his most servile 462 00:25:22,140 --> 00:25:25,640 and fanatical accomplices 463 00:25:27,539 --> 00:25:32,279 another addition to the early militants 464 00:25:29,460 --> 00:25:34,679 ranks is a World War one hero Airman 465 00:25:32,279 --> 00:25:37,200 Gering one of Germany's most celebrated 466 00:25:34,679 --> 00:25:39,179 fighter pilots like many other veterans 467 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,559 he has difficulty re-adapting to 468 00:25:39,179 --> 00:25:43,080 civilian life 469 00:25:40,559 --> 00:25:45,419 in Hitler he finds someone who 470 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,500 articulates his own anti-revolutionary 471 00:25:45,419 --> 00:25:48,539 ideas 472 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:50,520 he'll become the number two of the Nazi 473 00:25:48,539 --> 00:25:53,600 regime and an instigator of the 474 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,600 concentration camps 475 00:25:54,539 --> 00:26:00,059 in 1922 in a political March Hitler 476 00:25:57,659 --> 00:26:02,940 places gang next to General ludendorff 477 00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:04,860 still wearing his spiked helmet to show 478 00:26:02,940 --> 00:26:08,000 veterans that their great wartime Chief 479 00:26:04,860 --> 00:26:08,000 supports the Nazis 480 00:26:09,980 --> 00:26:14,460 ludendorff one of the men responsible 481 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:18,980 for prolonging the war is convinced that 482 00:26:14,460 --> 00:26:18,980 the politicians denied him his victory 483 00:26:19,679 --> 00:26:24,960 this theory is shared by many German 484 00:26:22,260 --> 00:26:26,940 generals ludendorff's adhesion to 485 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:30,200 nationalist ideas opens up New 486 00:26:26,940 --> 00:26:30,200 Perspectives for Hitler 487 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:36,360 everything seems possible 488 00:26:33,779 --> 00:26:38,940 in Italy the extreme right Benito 489 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:39,620 Mussolini's fascist party has just 490 00:26:38,940 --> 00:26:48,239 seized power 491 00:26:39,620 --> 00:26:48,239 [Applause] 492 00:26:49,260 --> 00:26:53,360 will the German Mussolini be Hitler 493 00:26:53,779 --> 00:26:58,159 1923 will be the decisive year 494 00:27:01,450 --> 00:27:06,120 [Music] 495 00:27:02,779 --> 00:27:08,460 January 11 1923 496 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:10,620 stunned Germans watch helplessly as 497 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:12,120 French and Belgian soldiers take control 498 00:27:10,620 --> 00:27:14,100 of the world 499 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:16,620 Germany's Mining and steel production 500 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:19,559 region this results from Germany's 501 00:27:16,620 --> 00:27:21,480 refusal to pay its War reparations the 502 00:27:19,559 --> 00:27:24,140 indemnities imposed by the Treaty of 503 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,140 Versailles 504 00:27:24,900 --> 00:27:27,900 foreign 505 00:27:29,140 --> 00:27:32,339 [Applause] 506 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:39,980 the French and belgians are taking 507 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,980 payment directly in the form of coal 508 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,520 consequently the German government 509 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:47,820 orders passive resistance 510 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:49,919 a Miners and rail workers strike 511 00:27:47,820 --> 00:27:52,400 the French will simply replace the 512 00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:52,400 strikers 513 00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:59,159 for cold 514 00:27:57,299 --> 00:28:03,140 Germans 515 00:27:59,159 --> 00:28:03,140 tuition becomes dangerously tense 516 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:09,419 March 10 1923 a French officer 517 00:28:06,779 --> 00:28:12,179 Lieutenant Pierre colpan of the 17th 518 00:28:09,419 --> 00:28:15,120 infantry battalion is assassinated 519 00:28:12,179 --> 00:28:17,760 his coffin travels home through towns 520 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:20,900 and French officers slap any Germans who 521 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,900 don't remove their hats 522 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:33,480 indelible images captured forever will 523 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:36,600 be profitably exploited by the Nazis 524 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:40,940 such as the 13 crop Factory workers 525 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:40,940 killed by the French on March 31st 526 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:46,440 and the execution of Saboteur Albert 527 00:28:43,679 --> 00:28:49,400 schlagater the Nazis newspaper depicts 528 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,400 him as a martyr 529 00:28:50,700 --> 00:28:54,960 in addition it accuses African soldiers 530 00:28:53,340 --> 00:28:57,720 in the French army of having raped 531 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:59,820 German girls once in power Hitler has 532 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:02,340 The Offspring of these unions sterilized 533 00:28:59,820 --> 00:29:05,240 and will take further cruel revenge in 534 00:29:02,340 --> 00:29:05,240 1940. 535 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,480 Hitler denounces the weakness of the 536 00:29:07,740 --> 00:29:13,820 government that allows the French to 537 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:13,820 treat Germany like one of its colonies 538 00:29:19,820 --> 00:29:23,360 Germans are cold 539 00:29:23,820 --> 00:29:27,559 Germans are hungry 540 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,640 [Music] 541 00:29:36,419 --> 00:29:40,860 they try to steal coal back from the 542 00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:44,159 French 543 00:29:40,860 --> 00:29:47,960 the Weimar Republic must import its goal 544 00:29:44,159 --> 00:29:47,960 and pay the Striking miners 545 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:52,380 these enormous expenses prompt the men 546 00:29:50,220 --> 00:29:53,460 to begin printing huge quantities of new 547 00:29:52,380 --> 00:29:56,220 money 548 00:29:53,460 --> 00:29:58,380 the mark depreciates dramatically one 549 00:29:56,220 --> 00:30:01,760 day Germans are paying 1 billion marks 550 00:29:58,380 --> 00:30:06,500 for a kilo of potatoes and the next day 551 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:06,500 460 billion for a loaf of bread 552 00:30:07,020 --> 00:30:11,820 [Music] 553 00:30:09,299 --> 00:30:14,580 in this ferment of off the charts 554 00:30:11,820 --> 00:30:17,100 inflation and unemployment the Bavarian 555 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:20,899 extreme right mobilizes with General 556 00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:20,899 ludendorff as its leader 557 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:29,820 thanks to ludendorff Hitler manages to 558 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:32,100 unite all the veterans groups embittered 559 00:30:29,820 --> 00:30:34,860 by the defeat 560 00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:37,799 he wants to attempt a pooch a coup 561 00:30:34,860 --> 00:30:40,460 d'etat to march on Munich and then 562 00:30:37,799 --> 00:30:40,460 Berlin 563 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:47,640 Hitler says our people are subjected to 564 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:50,399 such extreme economic conditions that if 565 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:53,480 we don't act now they'll change over to 566 00:30:50,399 --> 00:30:53,480 join the Communists 567 00:30:55,140 --> 00:31:02,600 thanks to their accomplices in the Army 568 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:02,600 the Nazis succeed in procuring guns 569 00:31:02,940 --> 00:31:07,620 however after hesitating the Army and 570 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:10,039 police decide to remain loyal to the 571 00:31:07,620 --> 00:31:10,039 legal government 572 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:16,440 for Hitler in Munich all seems lost 573 00:31:14,220 --> 00:31:18,299 but he holds on to the wild fantasy that 574 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:20,159 he and ludendorff can still bring the 575 00:31:18,299 --> 00:31:22,260 population along with them 576 00:31:20,159 --> 00:31:25,750 so he orders his troops to advance on 577 00:31:22,260 --> 00:31:28,320 the threatening police barricades 578 00:31:25,750 --> 00:31:30,899 [Music] 579 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:34,700 the two camps are face to face with 580 00:31:30,899 --> 00:31:34,700 Hitler in his white coat in the middle 581 00:31:35,220 --> 00:31:39,960 in fact this is a Nazi photo montage 582 00:31:37,919 --> 00:31:42,720 intended to fabricate the myth of 583 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:44,700 Hitler's courage in reality he was 584 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:46,679 cringing behind a bodyguard who was 585 00:31:44,700 --> 00:31:49,700 killed in the shooting for the police 586 00:31:46,679 --> 00:31:52,860 opened fire putting an end to Hitler's 587 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:56,460 1923 pooch 588 00:31:52,860 --> 00:31:58,200 10 years later after taking power Hitler 589 00:31:56,460 --> 00:32:00,899 will institute a funeral celebration 590 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:03,360 resembling a Nordic Pagan right every 591 00:32:00,899 --> 00:32:07,640 November 9th in commemoration of the 14 592 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:07,640 Nazis killed during the pooch attempt 593 00:32:09,659 --> 00:32:15,120 their names are called out every year 594 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:19,200 in response thousands of Nazis and 595 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:22,399 Hitler Youth shout present 596 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,399 power leader 597 00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:25,740 close 598 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:33,000 Hitler has a mausoleum built in Munich 599 00:32:30,419 --> 00:32:36,000 and Germans are obliged to parade 600 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:38,100 through it their arms raised in memory 601 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,760 of those Hitler calls the November 602 00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:40,760 martyrs 603 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,200 they must salute the mausoleum when 604 00:32:43,679 --> 00:32:47,720 strolling past it 605 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:50,869 even on bicycle 606 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,869 [Music] 607 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:57,000 further exploiting the pooch myth Hitler 608 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,260 creates yet another grandiose Nazi 609 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:01,080 ceremony 610 00:32:58,260 --> 00:33:03,120 the bloody flag 611 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:05,340 at each Year's party Congress in 612 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:08,039 Nuremberg he takes the sacred 613 00:33:05,340 --> 00:33:10,500 blood-stained relic of the pooch and 614 00:33:08,039 --> 00:33:13,440 with exaggerated and forceful movements 615 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:16,320 he touches it to the new Nazi army 616 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:18,500 battalion's flags as if to consecrate 617 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,500 them 618 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:24,779 this quasi mystical celebration is part 619 00:33:22,620 --> 00:33:26,760 and parcel of the Nazi's science of 620 00:33:24,779 --> 00:33:30,240 falsifying history 621 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:33,419 in fact Hitler had badly prepared his 622 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:35,720 Pooch improvised and haphazard 623 00:33:33,419 --> 00:33:39,960 he showed himself to be impulsive 624 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:43,320 ignoring the possible consequences 625 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:45,480 all of these staged ceremonies occult a 626 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:48,380 fiasco which could have put an end to 627 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,380 the Nazi Adventure 628 00:33:48,899 --> 00:33:53,159 for the pooch failed 629 00:33:51,059 --> 00:33:56,080 Hitler was arrested 630 00:33:53,159 --> 00:34:01,559 and the National Socialist Party banned 631 00:33:56,080 --> 00:34:04,320 [Music] 632 00:34:01,559 --> 00:34:05,360 the great Austrian author Stefan zweig 633 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:10,260 wrote 634 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:12,359 thus in that year of 1923 the swastikas 635 00:34:10,260 --> 00:34:17,060 and Stormtroopers vanished 636 00:34:12,359 --> 00:34:17,060 Hitler's name sunk into Oblivion again 637 00:34:17,679 --> 00:34:23,580 [Music] 638 00:34:21,119 --> 00:34:25,859 three months after Hitler's arrest 639 00:34:23,580 --> 00:34:27,060 the trial of the poochists opens in 640 00:34:25,859 --> 00:34:29,760 Munich 641 00:34:27,060 --> 00:34:31,560 Hitler is accused of high treason and 642 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:35,960 the murder of four police officers 643 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:35,960 crimes punishable by the death penalty 644 00:34:37,260 --> 00:34:40,679 ludendorff 645 00:34:38,879 --> 00:34:43,020 who has not even been incarcerated 646 00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:45,839 arrives at the trial in a luxury car 647 00:34:43,020 --> 00:34:48,960 with his attorneys 648 00:34:45,839 --> 00:34:51,540 he is freed without further Ado out of 649 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:53,280 respect for his glorious past and 650 00:34:51,540 --> 00:34:54,899 because he continues to have influential 651 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:58,040 supporters 652 00:34:54,899 --> 00:34:58,040 he will be acquitted 653 00:34:59,900 --> 00:35:05,160 Hitler who has threatened to kill 654 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:07,320 himself now realizes that the court is 655 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:09,900 not as hostile as he thought 656 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:12,359 he draws on all his oratory talents 657 00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:15,140 launching his usual fiery invective 658 00:35:12,359 --> 00:35:17,940 towards the government and the Jews 659 00:35:15,140 --> 00:35:21,180 [Music] 660 00:35:17,940 --> 00:35:22,440 trial becomes an unexpected pulpit the 661 00:35:21,180 --> 00:35:25,140 judge is becoming more and more 662 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:27,440 sympathetic and the public thronging to 663 00:35:25,140 --> 00:35:27,440 get in 664 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:34,880 as a result the verdict is much less 665 00:35:31,380 --> 00:35:34,880 severe than Hitler feared 666 00:35:35,339 --> 00:35:40,320 he's condemned to five years in a 667 00:35:37,380 --> 00:35:43,880 relatively comfortable cell 668 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,880 with a view of the countryside 669 00:35:45,540 --> 00:35:50,640 the conditions of his imprisonment 670 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:52,859 resemble a stay in a hotel in that he is 671 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:54,540 free to receive Nazi sympathizers at any 672 00:35:52,859 --> 00:35:56,820 time of the day 673 00:35:54,540 --> 00:35:58,980 one supporter even brought a laurel 674 00:35:56,820 --> 00:36:01,680 crown for the man he calls 675 00:35:58,980 --> 00:36:03,900 the Incarnation of the nation's Ardent 676 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:05,880 desire 677 00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:09,000 Hitler is free to receive any news 678 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:11,839 Publications he wants and he even begins 679 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,839 reading marks 680 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:20,460 Rudolf Hess condemned to 15 months for 681 00:36:18,359 --> 00:36:22,619 his role in the pooch has the 682 00:36:20,460 --> 00:36:24,960 neighboring cell and joins the small 683 00:36:22,619 --> 00:36:27,119 group who essentially discuss infighting 684 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:29,700 between the right-wing parties who are 685 00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:33,140 tearing each other apart Hitler's return 686 00:36:29,700 --> 00:36:33,140 is becoming a necessity 687 00:36:33,180 --> 00:36:37,260 accomplices on the outside devise a 688 00:36:35,460 --> 00:36:39,440 strategy to have his release brought 689 00:36:37,260 --> 00:36:39,440 forward 690 00:36:40,380 --> 00:36:45,240 Hitler realizes he'll soon be freed and 691 00:36:43,380 --> 00:36:47,280 he feels the need to expound his 692 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:49,820 singular view of life and his political 693 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,820 principles 694 00:36:51,660 --> 00:36:56,339 he dictates his book to Rudolph Hess who 695 00:36:54,420 --> 00:36:59,280 types it on a machine provided by a 696 00:36:56,339 --> 00:37:01,740 banker and on paper brought by Winifred 697 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:04,940 devagner the daughter-in-law of Hitler's 698 00:37:01,740 --> 00:37:04,940 idolized composer 699 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:14,180 like Wagner Winifred is a racist and 700 00:37:09,780 --> 00:37:14,180 deeply admires her good friend Adolf 701 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:23,220 Nazi journalists rewrite his hurriedly 702 00:37:21,359 --> 00:37:25,500 written manuscript 703 00:37:23,220 --> 00:37:27,660 Hitler wants to name the book 704 00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:31,200 four and a half years of struggle 705 00:37:27,660 --> 00:37:33,359 against lies foolishness and cowardice 706 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:37,500 but this title is considered too long 707 00:37:33,359 --> 00:37:39,300 and is changed too Mein Kampf my 708 00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:41,760 struggle 709 00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:43,920 even Rewritten the book remains 710 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:46,680 unreadable 711 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:49,079 and yet it contains Hitler's entire 712 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:51,800 world view and the Nazis will make it 713 00:37:49,079 --> 00:37:51,800 their new Bible 714 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:57,540 transcribed like the holy scriptures 715 00:37:55,320 --> 00:38:00,260 and bound like the great medieval 716 00:37:57,540 --> 00:38:00,260 manuscripts 717 00:38:01,020 --> 00:38:06,300 Hitler rants about the struggle of the 718 00:38:03,359 --> 00:38:07,859 master race the tall blonde Aryan 719 00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:10,200 Germanic race 720 00:38:07,859 --> 00:38:14,099 the necessary conquest of its living 721 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:17,040 space the eradication of Communism and 722 00:38:14,099 --> 00:38:20,280 the crushing of France and the Jews who 723 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:23,010 in Hitler's eyes do not even belong to 724 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:24,839 the human species 725 00:38:23,010 --> 00:38:27,060 [Music] 726 00:38:24,839 --> 00:38:30,119 at the time many readers judged the book 727 00:38:27,060 --> 00:38:33,420 to be errant Madness 728 00:38:30,119 --> 00:38:34,920 fatal error on the contrary it should 729 00:38:33,420 --> 00:38:37,260 have been read carefully and taken 730 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:41,210 seriously for its at the root of the 731 00:38:37,260 --> 00:38:43,020 deaths of 50 million human beings 732 00:38:41,210 --> 00:38:45,000 [Applause] 733 00:38:43,020 --> 00:38:48,060 Hitler is released from prison on 734 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:51,079 December 20th 1924. 735 00:38:48,060 --> 00:38:51,079 for good behavior 736 00:38:51,660 --> 00:38:57,300 now he dreams he's a successor to the 737 00:38:54,599 --> 00:38:59,700 great founders of the German Nation such 738 00:38:57,300 --> 00:39:01,440 as Bismarck 739 00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:03,839 he claims 740 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:06,480 my time in prison brought me confidence 741 00:39:03,839 --> 00:39:09,500 optimism and a belief that nothing could 742 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,500 ever shake me again 743 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:16,940 and yet his journey through the 744 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,940 political desert is only beginning 745 00:39:18,260 --> 00:39:24,380 is a failure selling barely twenty 746 00:39:21,599 --> 00:39:24,380 thousand copies 747 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:32,359 there spends much of his time in a 748 00:39:30,660 --> 00:39:34,680 Bavarian Mountain Village 749 00:39:32,359 --> 00:39:37,160 bertiscotten where he rents a small 750 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,160 Chalet 751 00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:49,020 he meets a pretty 16 year old waitress 752 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:51,240 Maria heiter and they have a brief 753 00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:53,960 affair 754 00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:57,240 she wants to marry Hitler he refuses 755 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:59,339 suggesting she be his shadow mistress 756 00:39:57,240 --> 00:40:01,440 he'll ask the same of the other women he 757 00:39:59,339 --> 00:40:04,160 seduces so that nothing can interfere 758 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,160 with his mission 759 00:40:04,260 --> 00:40:07,099 she leaves him 760 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:13,320 he writes the second volume of mineconf 761 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:15,240 it deals mainly with this project of 762 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:17,700 expanding Germany's living space into 763 00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:20,099 Russia 764 00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:25,220 sales of the book are average 765 00:40:20,099 --> 00:40:25,220 until his taking of power in 1933 766 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:31,380 when Hitler does take power Mein Kampf 767 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:33,720 will almost be required reading 768 00:40:31,380 --> 00:40:36,619 the German State offering it to couples 769 00:40:33,720 --> 00:40:36,619 as a wedding gift 770 00:40:40,690 --> 00:40:46,020 [Music] 771 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:48,300 if it isn't on your bookshelf 772 00:40:46,020 --> 00:40:50,540 you could be denounced by your hired 773 00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:50,540 help 774 00:40:51,060 --> 00:40:57,859 it will be distributed by Krupp steel 775 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:57,859 Executives to their meritorious workers 776 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:04,560 by hooker by crook over 80 million 777 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:07,680 copies of mineconf will be sold and it's 778 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:10,020 translated into countless languages 779 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:14,540 the royalty payments are astronomical 780 00:41:10,020 --> 00:41:14,540 making Hitler a very rich man 781 00:41:15,380 --> 00:41:22,500 on February 27 1925 Hitler makes his 782 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:24,500 political comeback in the famous Munich 783 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:26,880 Beer Hall where he launched the pooch 784 00:41:24,500 --> 00:41:28,200 reaffirming his leadership of the Nazi 785 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,839 party 786 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:33,720 the next day an event occurs that will 787 00:41:30,839 --> 00:41:35,820 advance his cause 788 00:41:33,720 --> 00:41:38,280 the very incarnation of the new German 789 00:41:35,820 --> 00:41:40,320 democracy the first president of the 790 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:44,400 Weimar Republic Social Democrat 791 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:47,960 Friedrich Ebert dies at 57 from a badly 792 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,960 treated case of appendicitis 793 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:53,880 Germans feel the law strongly 794 00:41:52,079 --> 00:41:56,400 as his government had succeeded in 795 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:59,240 cutting inflation and the economy was 796 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,240 recovering well 797 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:06,359 Germans must elect a new president and 798 00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:08,880 the swastika makes its comeback during 799 00:42:06,359 --> 00:42:11,040 the political campaign 800 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:13,500 the ban on the Nazi party has recently 801 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:14,880 been lifted as it's no longer considered 802 00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:16,160 dangerous 803 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:18,420 in fact 804 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:21,540 ludendorff the candidate of the United 805 00:42:18,420 --> 00:42:24,180 extreme right parties obtains barely one 806 00:42:21,540 --> 00:42:26,220 percent of the vote 807 00:42:24,180 --> 00:42:29,040 ludendorf's failure is what Hitler 808 00:42:26,220 --> 00:42:31,260 secretly desires as it disposes of his 809 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:33,920 main rival for whom he half-heartedly 810 00:42:31,260 --> 00:42:33,920 campaigned 811 00:42:34,260 --> 00:42:41,780 revealing his political Instinct says we 812 00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,780 gave him the finishing blow 813 00:42:42,260 --> 00:42:47,760 the man the Germans elect is the other 814 00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:50,300 Great War Commander Marshall Von 815 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,300 Hindenburg 816 00:42:51,010 --> 00:42:56,419 [Music] 817 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:56,419 [Applause] 818 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:04,260 in 1870 as a young officer he was 819 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:06,839 present at the proclamation of the 820 00:43:04,260 --> 00:43:08,700 second German Empire in Versailles Hall 821 00:43:06,839 --> 00:43:11,400 of Mirrors 822 00:43:08,700 --> 00:43:13,980 he reassures the Army and unites the 823 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:16,579 conservatives which worries the left and 824 00:43:13,980 --> 00:43:16,579 the rest of Europe 825 00:43:18,599 --> 00:43:24,599 Hitler will lie and wait 826 00:43:22,079 --> 00:43:26,339 the Nazi party succeeds in spreading its 827 00:43:24,599 --> 00:43:31,520 cancer throughout Germany 828 00:43:26,339 --> 00:43:31,520 its membership reaching 170 000. 829 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:40,880 Hitler transforms his Stormtroopers into 830 00:43:37,260 --> 00:43:40,880 a variable private Army 831 00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:45,599 they are younger and younger but let 832 00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:47,760 there be no mistake this paramilitary 833 00:43:45,599 --> 00:43:50,760 order is composed of brutal Fanatics 834 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,760 killers 835 00:43:54,780 --> 00:43:57,900 their new uniform earns them the 836 00:43:56,940 --> 00:44:00,960 nickname 837 00:43:57,900 --> 00:44:03,900 the brown shirts 838 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:05,760 it imitates Mussolini's black shirts who 839 00:44:03,900 --> 00:44:08,960 some years before marched so 840 00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,960 successfully on Rome 841 00:44:10,500 --> 00:44:15,540 another symbol borrowed from Mussolini 842 00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:18,359 is the Roman salute the outstretched arm 843 00:44:15,540 --> 00:44:22,140 accompanied by a guttural cry in 844 00:44:18,359 --> 00:44:25,920 Mussolini's case it's Viva El Duce 845 00:44:22,140 --> 00:44:27,200 with Hitler it becomes Heil Hitler Long 846 00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:31,619 Live Hitler 847 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:34,319 [Applause] 848 00:44:31,619 --> 00:44:36,480 the sa uniform is created by a select 849 00:44:34,319 --> 00:44:39,420 team of German designers 850 00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:42,660 among the manufacturers is Stuttgart 851 00:44:39,420 --> 00:44:45,800 designer Hugo Boss who promotes it in 852 00:44:42,660 --> 00:44:45,800 his ad campaigns 853 00:44:48,359 --> 00:44:54,900 Hugo Boss a Nazi party member will also 854 00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:57,839 produce the terrifying black uniforms of 855 00:44:54,900 --> 00:45:01,619 the SS the shootstuffle 856 00:44:57,839 --> 00:45:06,260 Hitler's new protection unit 857 00:45:01,619 --> 00:45:06,260 as well as the Hitler Youth uniforms 858 00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:13,260 this is all very costly 859 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:15,599 the money mainly comes from Rank and 860 00:45:13,260 --> 00:45:18,480 file Nazi Party members 861 00:45:15,599 --> 00:45:21,599 and from Rich sympathizers such as steel 862 00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:25,579 magnate Fritz titson whose steel plants 863 00:45:21,599 --> 00:45:25,579 are ready to forge new guns 864 00:45:27,780 --> 00:45:34,079 they also include Henry Ford the world's 865 00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:36,180 largest car manufacturer 866 00:45:34,079 --> 00:45:38,520 the anti-semitic Henry Ford will 867 00:45:36,180 --> 00:45:40,619 strongly support the Nazis by giving 868 00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:43,460 them all the profits of Ford's auto 869 00:45:40,619 --> 00:45:48,240 sales in Germany 870 00:45:43,460 --> 00:45:50,280 thank you in addition Ford each year on 871 00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:53,160 Hitler's birthday makes a personal 872 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:56,660 donation of fifty thousand dollars a 873 00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:56,660 hefty sum in those days 874 00:45:59,940 --> 00:46:04,200 Ford will be the first Foreigner the 875 00:46:02,099 --> 00:46:06,680 Nazis decorate with the order of the 876 00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:06,680 German eagle 877 00:46:09,660 --> 00:46:14,160 this is how the Nazis pay for their 878 00:46:11,700 --> 00:46:16,500 enormous party congresses and their best 879 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:18,720 propaganda operations meant to influence 880 00:46:16,500 --> 00:46:19,330 public opinion and Galvanize their 881 00:46:18,720 --> 00:46:22,900 followers 882 00:46:19,330 --> 00:46:22,900 [Applause] 883 00:46:24,319 --> 00:46:32,780 the Nazi Banner proclaims Deutschland 884 00:46:29,220 --> 00:46:32,780 Germany awakened 885 00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:40,560 in 1927 Hitler chooses Nuremberg a Nazi 886 00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:43,140 Bastion and a medieval city of 887 00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:45,119 historical significance with a wagnerian 888 00:46:43,140 --> 00:46:47,460 Allure which brings out its connection 889 00:46:45,119 --> 00:46:50,000 to the Germanic Warlords of the Dark 890 00:46:47,460 --> 00:46:50,000 Ages 891 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:56,460 Hitler calls Nuremberg his ideological 892 00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:58,859 capital 893 00:46:56,460 --> 00:47:02,420 he also wants to highlight the party's 894 00:46:58,859 --> 00:47:05,160 submission to the fuhrer its leader 895 00:47:02,420 --> 00:47:06,359 this personality cult will be enhanced 896 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:09,140 through the work of his personal 897 00:47:06,359 --> 00:47:12,350 photographer Heinrich Hoffman 898 00:47:09,140 --> 00:47:12,350 [Music] 899 00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:22,500 always at the center of events a Nazi 900 00:47:20,099 --> 00:47:27,020 from the start a virtuoso of the Leica 901 00:47:22,500 --> 00:47:27,020 he is always close to his master 902 00:47:27,240 --> 00:47:31,380 Hoffman takes a series of surprising 903 00:47:29,220 --> 00:47:34,760 photographs intended to show the great 904 00:47:31,380 --> 00:47:34,760 Leader's personal side 905 00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:46,560 to win over female voters 906 00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:49,160 as far as the Nazis can grasp their 907 00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:49,160 preferences 908 00:47:52,319 --> 00:47:58,200 in Hoffman's small Munich photography 909 00:47:54,720 --> 00:48:00,240 shop Hitler as always inspired by Wagner 910 00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:02,880 and fascinated by opera singers 911 00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:05,579 theatrical movements studies a whole 912 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:08,579 range of gestures conveying domination 913 00:48:05,579 --> 00:48:09,870 which he will use in the first big Nazi 914 00:48:08,579 --> 00:48:13,380 rallies 915 00:48:09,870 --> 00:48:15,079 [Music] 916 00:48:13,380 --> 00:48:18,780 Hitler States 917 00:48:15,079 --> 00:48:20,880 the masses are feminine and stupid only 918 00:48:18,780 --> 00:48:21,520 emotion and hatred can keep them under 919 00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:26,070 control 920 00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:26,070 [Music] 921 00:48:26,420 --> 00:48:31,620 you miss her 922 00:48:29,700 --> 00:48:32,220 birthday hatred 923 00:48:31,620 --> 00:48:40,459 [Applause] 924 00:48:32,220 --> 00:48:40,459 [Music] 925 00:48:41,339 --> 00:48:46,800 this is exactly what the essay is sowing 926 00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:50,640 throughout Germany beginning with the 927 00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:53,060 Jewish neighborhoods in large cities 928 00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:53,060 foreign 929 00:49:00,500 --> 00:49:07,040 is a witness to the birth of violence 930 00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,040 he writes 931 00:49:07,380 --> 00:49:12,300 it was the fascist method but in the 932 00:49:10,079 --> 00:49:14,040 German style carried out with military 933 00:49:12,300 --> 00:49:16,440 precision 934 00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:18,119 at the blow of a whistle the essay would 935 00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:19,980 leap from the trucks with lightning 936 00:49:18,119 --> 00:49:22,200 speed 937 00:49:19,980 --> 00:49:24,119 pull up with their billy clubs 938 00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:26,160 and at the sound of another whistleblow 939 00:49:24,119 --> 00:49:30,560 they would jump back into their trucks 940 00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:30,560 and race away as fast as they had come 941 00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:38,810 [Music] 942 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:44,640 but the intimidation and Terror produce 943 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:47,819 sparse results 944 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:50,640 in Germany's 1928 legislative elections 945 00:49:47,819 --> 00:49:53,760 the Nazis obtained only 2.6 percent of 946 00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:55,859 the vote less than 1 million ballots 947 00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:58,440 the Communists received three times as 948 00:49:55,859 --> 00:50:01,020 many the central Party 4 million and the 949 00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:05,540 right 5 million the social Democrats 950 00:50:01,020 --> 00:50:05,540 come out on top with 10 million votes 951 00:50:07,859 --> 00:50:14,280 yet in the reichstag Berlin's Parliament 952 00:50:10,500 --> 00:50:18,300 this 2.6 percent of ballots mainly from 953 00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:19,619 rural areas translates into 12 new Nazi 954 00:50:18,300 --> 00:50:22,200 deputies 955 00:50:19,619 --> 00:50:25,560 they create quite an impact as almost 956 00:50:22,200 --> 00:50:28,920 all are wearing essay uniforms 957 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:31,440 among them making his comeback is Airman 958 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:33,480 Gathering 959 00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:36,599 wounded in the lower stomach during the 960 00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:40,160 pooch he's gained a lot of weight and 961 00:50:36,599 --> 00:50:40,160 become addicted to morphine 962 00:50:40,260 --> 00:50:45,240 it is finally Yosef Goebbels grand 963 00:50:42,660 --> 00:50:47,579 entrance into politics he closely 964 00:50:45,240 --> 00:50:50,099 corresponds to a maxim formulated by 965 00:50:47,579 --> 00:50:52,680 Nietzsche in the previous century 966 00:50:50,099 --> 00:50:54,839 fanaticism is the only form of willpower 967 00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:57,200 to which the weak and the irresolute can 968 00:50:54,839 --> 00:50:57,200 rise 969 00:50:57,440 --> 00:51:04,559 Goebbels is hardly the tall blonde Aryan 970 00:51:00,839 --> 00:51:06,359 type he's short limps and has suffered 971 00:51:04,559 --> 00:51:09,059 from an inferiority complex since 972 00:51:06,359 --> 00:51:11,579 childhood due to his club foot however 973 00:51:09,059 --> 00:51:13,079 his diabolical cunning compensates for 974 00:51:11,579 --> 00:51:15,420 this handicap 975 00:51:13,079 --> 00:51:17,700 he's a rebel against Society who flirted 976 00:51:15,420 --> 00:51:21,740 with Marxism until the decisive meeting 977 00:51:17,700 --> 00:51:24,839 of his life with Adolf Hitler 978 00:51:21,740 --> 00:51:27,240 Goebbels then saw the light 979 00:51:24,839 --> 00:51:29,400 by refusing to publish his manuscripts 980 00:51:27,240 --> 00:51:30,960 the Jews have prevented him from 981 00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:33,240 becoming a great writer and the 982 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:34,920 Communists are responsible for the chaos 983 00:51:33,240 --> 00:51:38,099 in society 984 00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:41,839 he States we enter the high stock like 985 00:51:38,099 --> 00:51:41,839 wolves into the Sheep pen 986 00:51:42,059 --> 00:51:46,319 but it's impossible at this moment for 987 00:51:44,099 --> 00:51:49,099 either the public or the deputies to 988 00:51:46,319 --> 00:51:51,960 grasp the significance of his statement 989 00:51:49,099 --> 00:51:55,800 the general Public's view of the Nazis 990 00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:58,680 is expressed in the newspaper the phone 991 00:51:55,800 --> 00:52:01,440 Hitler has no coherent ideas or thoughts 992 00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:03,480 Hitler is a dangerous madman he's 993 00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:05,160 arrived at this point by following the 994 00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:07,859 wartime ideology to the letter 995 00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:09,540 interpreting it in A Primitive way as if 996 00:52:07,859 --> 00:52:11,460 we lived in the times of the Barbarian 997 00:52:09,540 --> 00:52:12,860 invasions at the fall of the Roman 998 00:52:11,460 --> 00:52:18,680 Empire 999 00:52:12,860 --> 00:52:21,780 [Applause] 1000 00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:24,000 Germany is not worried it would surely 1001 00:52:21,780 --> 00:52:27,260 take a major catastrophe for Hitler to 1002 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:31,020 have any future in politics 1003 00:52:27,260 --> 00:52:33,300 historian Ian Kershaw writes without the 1004 00:52:31,020 --> 00:52:36,240 Great Depression without the crash of 1005 00:52:33,300 --> 00:52:38,160 1929 without the disintegration of the 1006 00:52:36,240 --> 00:52:40,380 bourgeoisie the Liberals and the 1007 00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:44,660 conservatives Hitler would have remained 1008 00:52:40,380 --> 00:52:44,660 a nut case on the political sidelines 1009 00:52:46,500 --> 00:52:52,100 but Hitler 1010 00:52:48,119 --> 00:52:55,219 will never abandon his mission 1011 00:52:52,100 --> 00:52:55,219 [Music] 1012 00:53:11,550 --> 00:53:19,550 [Music] 1013 00:53:23,090 --> 00:53:26,260 [Applause] 1014 00:53:30,059 --> 00:53:33,059 foreign 1015 00:53:38,930 --> 00:53:42,130 [Music] 1016 00:53:49,720 --> 00:53:55,229 [Music] 1017 00:54:03,980 --> 00:54:07,969 [Music] 66456

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