Adolf Hitler

Date

1889–1945

Description

City of birth: Ranshofen
Country of birth: Austria
Field of activity: Politics — fascism, military

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Quotes

‘On this historic day, I must once again mention those millions of nameless German people who, from every walk of life, from every profession and factory and from every farm, have given of their heart and their love and their sacrifices for the new Reich. And we, too, Men and Deputies of the Reichstag, wish to join together to thank above all the German women, the millions of our mothers who have given the Third Reich their children. For what would be the sense in all our work, what would be the sense in the uprising of the German nation without our German youth? Every mother who has given our Volk a child in these four years has contributed, by her pain and her happiness, to the happiness of the entire nation. When I think of our Volk’s healthy youth, my faith in our future becomes transformed into joyful certainty. And I sense with heartfelt fervency the significance of that single word Ulrich von Hutten wrote before he set aside his quill for the last time: Deutschland!’

Author

Adolf Hitler

Speaker

Adolf Hitler

Title of the publication

The Speeches of Adolf Hitler 1922–1939

Other contributors

n/a

Publisher (or journal name with vol. and number)

Oxford University Press

City of publication

Oxford

Country of publication (modern nation-state equivalent)

United Kingdom

Publication date

1942

Location [pp. or web]

p. 361

Other location

http://www.nommeraadio.ee/meedia/pdf/RRS/Adolf%20Hitler%20-%20Collection%20of%20Speeches%20-%201922-1945.pdf

Original language

English; Original speech: German

Genre

Book

Context

Adolf Hitler celebrates his fourth year as German Leader and delivers a speech to the Reichstag, Berlin, 30 January 1937.

‘Esteemed Mr President, Gentlemen of the International Olympic Committee and the Organization Committee! It is a pleasure for me to welcome you personally and on behalf of the German Volk on this, the day marking the opening of the Olympic Games and to have an opportunity to thank you, esteemed Mr President, for the kind remarks you have addressed to me. My thanks also include the International Olympic Committee for having chosen the capital of the German Reich as the site of the Eleventh Olympics of the modern cycle, thus affording Germany the opportunity to make its contribution to the immortal memory of the Olympic Games. It was with enthusiasm and joy that Germany applied itself to the task of preparing this years’ competitions in a framework which attempts to do justice to the grand idea and traditions of the Olympic Games, and it hopes to have thus contributed toward promoting the ideal of strengthening the bonds between the peoples, the ideal upon which these competitive Games are based. … That they may be a wonderful success is my one sincere desire and the one we all share.’

Author

Adolf Hitler

Speaker

Adolft Hitler

Title of the publication

The Speeches of Adolf Hitler 1922–1939

Other contributors

n/a

Publisher (or journal name with vol. and number)

Oxford University Press

City of publication

Oxford

Country of publication (modern nation-state equivalent)

United Kingdom

Publication date

1942

Location [pp. or web]

p. 332

Other location

http://www.nommeraadio.ee/meedia/pdf/RRS/Adolf%20Hitler%20-%20Collection%20of%20Speeches%20-%201922-1945.pdf

Original language

English; Original speech: German

Genre

Book

Context

Adolf Hitler's address to the members of the International Olympic Committee, Berlin, Reich Chancellery, 1 August 1936.

‘Your Excellency! As Fuhrer and Chancellor of the German Volk, today it is an honor to me and my pleasure to extend a warm welcome to Your Excellency in the Capital of the Reich. The German nation joins me in this solemn hour to hail you as the brilliant creator of Fascist Italy, the founder of a new empire (Imperium). On your journey through Germany, Your Excellency will have concluded from the great enthusiasm with which all the classes of the German Volk greeted you that your visit means more to us than a mere diplomatic event and hence a purely conventional meeting. In an age in which the world is full of tensions and uneasy confusion, in which the most dangerous elements are attempting to attack and destroy the old culture of Europe, Italy and Germany have joined in sincere friendship and mutual political cooperation.’

Author

Adolf Hitler

Speaker

Adolf Hitler

Title of the publication

The Speeches of Adolf Hitler 1922–1939

Other contributors

n/a

Publisher (or journal name with vol. and number)

Oxford University Press

City of publication

Oxford

Country of publication (modern nation-state equivalent)

United Kingdom

Publication date

1942

Location [pp. or web]

p. 396

Other location

http://www.nommeraadio.ee/meedia/pdf/RRS/Adolf%20Hitler%20-%20Collection%20of%20Speeches%20-%201922-1945.pdf

Original language

English; Original speech: German

Genre

Book

Context

Aldof Hitler's welcome address for Benito Mussolini, Berlin, 26 September, 1937.

‘What they hate is the Germany which sets a dangerous example for them, this social Germany. It is the Germany of a social labor legislation which they already hated before the World War and which they still hate today. It is the Germany of social welfare, of social equality, of the elimination of class differences — this is what they hate! They hate this Germany which in the course of seven years has labored to afford its Volksgenossen a decent life. They hate this Germany which has eliminated unemployment, which, in spite of all their wealth, they have not been able to eliminate. This Germany which grants its laborers decent housing — this is what they hate because they have a feeling their own peoples could be “infected” thereby. They hate this Germany of social legislation, this Germany which celebrates the first of May as the day of honest labor. They hate this Germany which has taken up this struggle for improved living conditions. This Germany they hate! They hate this Germany, this ethnically healthy (volksgesund) Germany, where children are washed and are not full of lice, and which does not allow conditions to take hold, such as their own press now freely admits to. It is their big money men, their Jewish and non-Jewish international banking barons, who hate us because they see in Germany a bad example potentially rousing other peoples, especially their own people. They hate this Germany with its young, healthy, blossoming new generation, the Germany which takes such care of the well-being of this generation. And, of course, they hate the strong Germany, the Germany on the march, which takes upon itself sacrifices voluntarily.’

Author

Adolf Hitler

Speaker

Adolf Hitler

Title of the publication

The Speeches of Adolf Hitler 1922–1939

Other contributors

n/a

Publisher (or journal name with vol. and number)

Oxford University Press

City of publication

Oxford

Country of publication (modern nation-state equivalent)

United Kingdom

Publication date

1942

Location [pp. or web]

pp. 664-5

Other location

http://www.nommeraadio.ee/meedia/pdf/RRS/Adolf%20Hitler%20-%20Collection%20of%20Speeches%20-%201922-1945.pdf

Original language

English; Original speech: German

Genre

Book

Context

This speech was delivered by Adolf Hitler at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich, 8 November 1939, and is referring to the British Government.

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