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For in whatever camp they stood in their times, the daring dukes and great kings, the generals and mighty emperors, and around them the enlightened spirits and heroes of the past, they were but the instruments of providence in the process of the birth of a nation
By embracing them in grateful reverence in this great empire, the glorious wealth of German history opens up to us
Let us thank God the Almighty for having blessed our generation and us to experience this time and hour
Adolf Hitler - Speech at the Berlin Sportspalast January 30, 1940 Editor's note: Section headings and bold print have been placed in this document by the WFF
This translation is based on the U
S
government's Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Service, Federal Communications Commission
However, this translation contains numerous omissions and errors
We have corrected these errors and filled in omissions from the original German
It is to the best of our information, the only complete English translation on the net
NOTE: BRIEF STATEMENT OF PUBLICATIONS PRINCIPLES The World Future Fund serves as a source of documentary material, reading lists and internet links from different points of view that we believe have historical significance
The publication of this material is in no way whatsoever an endorsement of these viewpoints by the World Future Fund, unless explicitly stated by us
As our web site makes very clear, we are totally opposed to ideas such as racism, religious intolerance and communism
However, in order to combat such evils, it is necessary to understand them by means of the study of key documentary material
For a more detailed statement of our publications standards click here
LINK TO VIDEO EXCERPT INTRODUCTION: LESSONS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, DEMOCRACY German comrades! Seven years is a short time span, a fraction of a single person's life - barely a second in the life of a whole people
And yet the past seven years somehow seem longer than many decades of the past
A very important historical event is contained within them: the rebirth of a nation formerly threatened by extinction
It is an incredibly eventful time, and seems barely comprehensive sometimes to us, who have not just had the opportunity to witness but also to actually create a small part of it
Democratic ideals are a big topic of discussion right now; not in Germany, but other parts of the world talk about them
We in Germany have learned our lesson with democratic ideals; if the rest of the world praises these ideals, we can only answer that the German people had the chance to live within the purest form of this ideal, and we ourselves are now reaping the legacy left by this democracy
We then get a lecture on the wonderful goals of war, especially from the British side
Great Britain has much experience in proclaiming goals of war, considering they have waged more wars than anyone else
The goals they proclaim today are fantastic: the creation of a new Europe
This Europe will be a just place, and the general equality will make arms unnecessary, so we can all disarm
This disarmament is supposed to kick start a period of economic blossoming, trade and movement should commence, especially trade, much trade, free trade! And from this trade, culture is supposed to bloom, and not just culture, but religion, too
In one phrase: the golden age is supposed to dawn
Unfortunately, this golden age has been described in a very similar fashion on several occasions, and not even by prior generations, but by the same people that are describing it yet again today
It's like a very worn-out groove on an old LP
We should pity these gentlemen, who haven't found a new, big idea to hook the people on, because they promised the same things in 1918: the goal of war then was also a "new Europe" and a "new equality", this new equality whose main element is abolishing a nation's right to self-determination
At that time, an equality that would make arms unnecessary in the future was promised
Thence issued the program of disarmament of everyone
And to make this disarmament especially manifest, it was supposed to be crowned by a union of all disarmed states, which had decided that, in the future, all differences (at least no one doubted there would still be differences) between them should be, well, as it is the custom among democracies, be talked to pieces in open discussions
Under no circumstances should there be any more shooting
And at that time it was already said that the consequences of this disarmament and this worldwide parliament would be an incredible blossoming, a blooming of industry and especially (and much emphasis is always put on this) of trade, of free trade
Culture, as well, should not be disregarded in this process, and while one spoke a little bit less about religion at the end of the war than at the beginning, we at least were told, in the year 1918, that it would be a blessed era that God would smile upon
We are experiencing now what happened then: the old states were dissolved without even asking their peoples' opinion
Not in one single case was the nation asked if it agreed with the measures that others would put into place in them
Old, almost historical bodies were dissolved - not just states, but also economic bodies
One could not imagine something better in their stead, since what is created over a period of several centuries is probably better than anything else; it was definitely impossible for those people that view all of European history with the greatest arrogance to create something better
So it passed that, without taking into account a nation's right to self-determination, Europe was hacked up, Europe was torn open, large states were dissolved, nations had their rights taken away
This was done by first making them helpless, then categorizing them in a manner that predetermined who the winners and the losers would be
There was no more talk of disarmament then, on the contrary, the arms race continued
For no one started solving their conflicts in a peaceful manner, on the contrary, those states with arms waged war just like before
Only the disarmed were not able to forbid the menacing actions of the armed, or even to keep them away from themselves
Paralleling this, of course, came not a period of economic health, but on the contrary an incredible system of reparations led to the economic downfall of not only the losers, but also of the winners themselves
No people felt the effects of this economic depression more than the Germans
The general economic disorganization led, particularly in Germany, to a widespread joblessness that almost ruined our German people
Culture, as well, was not enhanced, but rather ridiculed and warped
Religion took a back seat; in these 15 years no one British spoke of religion; no British person remembered Christian mercifulness or altruism
At that time the gentlemen did not take their Bibles with them on walks, instead, their Bible was the Treaty of Versailles! 448 paragraphs, all of which a burden, an obligation, a condemnation, a blackmail of Germany or towards Germany
And this Versailles was guaranteed by the new League of Nations - not a union of free nations, of similar nations, not a union of nations at all (the actual, founded nations stayed away) - a League of Nations whose sole task was to guarantee this most base of all agreements, this agreement which was not negotiated but instead purely forced upon us, and to force us to fulfill it
So that was the time of a democratic Germany! Today, when foreign statesmen pretend not to be able to trust the modern Germany, it does not apply to the previous Germany: for was not that previous Germany birthed by and created by them, so they could trust it
And how badly they treated that Germany! Who still has complete memories of the history of that time: the horrible collapse of 1918, the tragic occurrences of 1919, and then all the years of domestic economic deterioration, the ongoing enslavement and impoverishment of our people, and most of all the complete hopelessness! Today, still, it is unsettling to think of that time, when a great nation slowly lost trust not just in itself, but in any sort of worldly justice
During this whole time, democratic Germany hoped, begged, and protested in vain
The international financial sector stayed brutally inconsiderate and squeezed as much as it could out of our people; the statesmen of the Allied nations remained hardhearted
It was mercilessly said, on the contrary, that 20 million Germans were too many
No one listened to the wretchedness of our unemployed, no one cared about the ruin of our agriculture or industry, not even of our trade
We remember this silencing of traffic that occurred at this time in the German Reich
At this time, when all hope was gone, when begging was proved to be futile, when protesting did not lead to victory: it was at this time that the National Socialist movement was created from one basic insight: the insight, that one is not allowed to hope in this world, nor beg, nor lower oneself by protesting
Instead, one needs to help oneself! For 15 years, in this democratic Germany, hope was preached, hope for a new world, for new institutions
Every side had its international patron
Some hoped for the international solidarity of the proletariat, others placed their hope in democratic international institutions, on the League of Nations in Geneva
Still others hoped for a global conscience, for a cultural conscience, etc
All this hope was in vain
We have put a different type of hope in the place of that previous hope: the hope of the only help that exists in this world, help through one's own power
The place that hope occupied is now filled with faith in our German people, in the mobilization of its eternal inner values
Back then , we had very little real tools to help us
What we saw as the building blocks of the new Reich, besides our own will, was firstly our people's manpower, secondly the intelligence of our people, and third that which our Lebensraum has to offer, namely, our earth and soil
Thus we began our work and subsequently witnessed this internal German ascent
This internal German ascent, which did not threaten the rest of the world in any way, which was purely internal German reforms, still instantaneously managed to produce hate in others
Possibly the most tragic moment of this happening was when we proclaimed our Four-Year-Plan, an idea which should have enthused the other world: a people wanted to help itself; it did not appeal to others for aid, it did not appeal for presents, for charity, it appealed to its own creative facilities, its own diligence, its own energy, its own intelligence
And still this other world started shouting, British statesmen cried out: what do you think you're doing, this Four-Year-Plan, it does not fit into our global economy! - as if they had let us have part in this global economy
No, they scented the recovery of the German people - and because of this, because we foresaw this and because we noticed this, we immediately began, parallel to this recovery, to remobilize German power
You know these years
1933, so the same year, in which we took over power, I saw myself forced to withdraw from the League of Nations and to leave the ridiculous conference on disarmament
We could not receive any rights from these two forums, despite years of begging and protesting
1934: German rearmament began on the grandest scale
In 1935, I instituted the general draft
In 1936 I corrected the situation of the Rhineland
1937 was the start of the Four-Year-Plan
In 1938, the Ostmark and the Sudetenland were annexed to the Reich
In 1939 we began to shield the Reich against those enemies that in the meantime had removed their masks
The measured introduced in 1939 were to protect the Reich
All this could have been different, if this other world had, even for an hour, showed understanding for the German claims, for the necessities of life of the German people
So often it is said: we should have negotiated this
You remember, my comrades, did I not on more than one occasion raise the issue of German colonial claims before the world? Did we ever receive an answer to this, except for a no, except for repudiation, indeed almost new hostility? No, in Britain and France the ruling classes were determined to renew their fight against us the moment the Reich recovered
They wanted it so
For 300 years, Britain has followed its goal of preventing Europe to fully consolidate itself, just like France has for many centuries tried to prevent Germany from full consolidation
THE HISTORY OF BRITISH CRIMES AND WARMONGERING Today, when a Mr
Chamberlain stands forth as a preacher and announces to the rest of the world the pious goals of this war, I can only say: your own history speaks against you, Mr
Chamberlain
For 300 years your statesmen have always spoken thus, like you, Mr
Chamberlain, when war broke out
You have generally only fought for God or your religion
You have never had a material goal
But because the British never fought for material goals, God has rewarded you with so many material goods
God has not forgotten that Britain was always the warrior for truth, for justice, the champion of all virtues
They were richly rewarded for this
Over a period of 300 years, they have subjugated about 40 million km of earth; of course not because of egoism, not because they love to have power or gain riches or self-indulgence, no, quite on the contrary this all happened as part of God's mandate and in the name of religion

For in whatever camp they stood in their times, the daring dukes and great kings, the generals and mighty emperors, and around them the enlightened spirits and heroes of the past, they were but the instruments of providence in the process of the birth of a nation

By embracing them in grateful reverence in this great empire, the glorious wealth of German history opens up to us

Let us thank God the Almighty for having blessed our generation and us to experience this time and hour

Adolf Hitler - Speech at the Berlin Sportspalast January 30, 1940 Editor's note: Section headings and bold print have been placed in this document by the WFF

This translation is based on the U

S

government's Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Service, Federal Communications Commission

However, this translation contains numerous omissions and errors

We have corrected these errors and filled in omissions from the original German

It is to the best of our information, the only complete English translation on the net

NOTE: BRIEF STATEMENT OF PUBLICATIONS PRINCIPLES The World Future Fund serves as a source of documentary material, reading lists and internet links from different points of view that we believe have historical significance

The publication of this material is in no way whatsoever an endorsement of these viewpoints by the World Future Fund, unless explicitly stated by us

As our web site makes very clear, we are totally opposed to ideas such as racism, religious intolerance and communism

However, in order to combat such evils, it is necessary to understand them by means of the study of key documentary material

For a more detailed statement of our publications standards click here

LINK TO VIDEO EXCERPT INTRODUCTION: LESSONS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, DEMOCRACY German comrades! Seven years is a short time span, a fraction of a single person's life - barely a second in the life of a whole people

And yet the past seven years somehow seem longer than many decades of the past

A very important historical event is contained within them: the rebirth of a nation formerly threatened by extinction

It is an incredibly eventful time, and seems barely comprehensive sometimes to us, who have not just had the opportunity to witness but also to actually create a small part of it

Democratic ideals are a big topic of discussion right now; not in Germany, but other parts of the world talk about them

We in Germany have learned our lesson with democratic ideals; if the rest of the world praises these ideals, we can only answer that the German people had the chance to live within the purest form of this ideal, and we ourselves are now reaping the legacy left by this democracy

We then get a lecture on the wonderful goals of war, especially from the British side

Great Britain has much experience in proclaiming goals of war, considering they have waged more wars than anyone else

The goals they proclaim today are fantastic: the creation of a new Europe

This Europe will be a just place, and the general equality will make arms unnecessary, so we can all disarm

This disarmament is supposed to kick start a period of economic blossoming, trade and movement should commence, especially trade, much trade, free trade! And from this trade, culture is supposed to bloom, and not just culture, but religion, too

In one phrase: the golden age is supposed to dawn

Unfortunately, this golden age has been described in a very similar fashion on several occasions, and not even by prior generations, but by the same people that are describing it yet again today

It's like a very worn-out groove on an old LP

We should pity these gentlemen, who haven't found a new, big idea to hook the people on, because they promised the same things in 1918: the goal of war then was also a "new Europe" and a "new equality", this new equality whose main element is abolishing a nation's right to self-determination

At that time, an equality that would make arms unnecessary in the future was promised

Thence issued the program of disarmament of everyone

And to make this disarmament especially manifest, it was supposed to be crowned by a union of all disarmed states, which had decided that, in the future, all differences (at least no one doubted there would still be differences) between them should be, well, as it is the custom among democracies, be talked to pieces in open discussions

Under no circumstances should there be any more shooting

And at that time it was already said that the consequences of this disarmament and this worldwide parliament would be an incredible blossoming, a blooming of industry and especially (and much emphasis is always put on this) of trade, of free trade

Culture, as well, should not be disregarded in this process, and while one spoke a little bit less about religion at the end of the war than at the beginning, we at least were told, in the year 1918, that it would be a blessed era that God would smile upon

We are experiencing now what happened then: the old states were dissolved without even asking their peoples' opinion

Not in one single case was the nation asked if it agreed with the measures that others would put into place in them

Old, almost historical bodies were dissolved - not just states, but also economic bodies

One could not imagine something better in their stead, since what is created over a period of several centuries is probably better than anything else; it was definitely impossible for those people that view all of European history with the greatest arrogance to create something better

So it passed that, without taking into account a nation's right to self-determination, Europe was hacked up, Europe was torn open, large states were dissolved, nations had their rights taken away

This was done by first making them helpless, then categorizing them in a manner that predetermined who the winners and the losers would be

There was no more talk of disarmament then, on the contrary, the arms race continued

For no one started solving their conflicts in a peaceful manner, on the contrary, those states with arms waged war just like before

Only the disarmed were not able to forbid the menacing actions of the armed, or even to keep them away from themselves

Paralleling this, of course, came not a period of economic health, but on the contrary an incredible system of reparations led to the economic downfall of not only the losers, but also of the winners themselves

No people felt the effects of this economic depression more than the Germans

The general economic disorganization led, particularly in Germany, to a widespread joblessness that almost ruined our German people

Culture, as well, was not enhanced, but rather ridiculed and warped

Religion took a back seat; in these 15 years no one British spoke of religion; no British person remembered Christian mercifulness or altruism

At that time the gentlemen did not take their Bibles with them on walks, instead, their Bible was the Treaty of Versailles! 448 paragraphs, all of which a burden, an obligation, a condemnation, a blackmail of Germany or towards Germany

And this Versailles was guaranteed by the new League of Nations - not a union of free nations, of similar nations, not a union of nations at all (the actual, founded nations stayed away) - a League of Nations whose sole task was to guarantee this most base of all agreements, this agreement which was not negotiated but instead purely forced upon us, and to force us to fulfill it

So that was the time of a democratic Germany! Today, when foreign statesmen pretend not to be able to trust the modern Germany, it does not apply to the previous Germany: for was not that previous Germany birthed by and created by them, so they could trust it

And how badly they treated that Germany! Who still has complete memories of the history of that time: the horrible collapse of 1918, the tragic occurrences of 1919, and then all the years of domestic economic deterioration, the ongoing enslavement and impoverishment of our people, and most of all the complete hopelessness! Today, still, it is unsettling to think of that time, when a great nation slowly lost trust not just in itself, but in any sort of worldly justice

During this whole time, democratic Germany hoped, begged, and protested in vain

The international financial sector stayed brutally inconsiderate and squeezed as much as it could out of our people; the statesmen of the Allied nations remained hardhearted

It was mercilessly said, on the contrary, that 20 million Germans were too many

No one listened to the wretchedness of our unemployed, no one cared about the ruin of our agriculture or industry, not even of our trade

We remember this silencing of traffic that occurred at this time in the German Reich

At this time, when all hope was gone, when begging was proved to be futile, when protesting did not lead to victory: it was at this time that the National Socialist movement was created from one basic insight: the insight, that one is not allowed to hope in this world, nor beg, nor lower oneself by protesting

Instead, one needs to help oneself! For 15 years, in this democratic Germany, hope was preached, hope for a new world, for new institutions

Every side had its international patron

Some hoped for the international solidarity of the proletariat, others placed their hope in democratic international institutions, on the League of Nations in Geneva

Still others hoped for a global conscience, for a cultural conscience, etc

All this hope was in vain

We have put a different type of hope in the place of that previous hope: the hope of the only help that exists in this world, help through one's own power

The place that hope occupied is now filled with faith in our German people, in the mobilization of its eternal inner values

Back then , we had very little real tools to help us

What we saw as the building blocks of the new Reich, besides our own will, was firstly our people's manpower, secondly the intelligence of our people, and third that which our Lebensraum has to offer, namely, our earth and soil

Thus we began our work and subsequently witnessed this internal German ascent

This internal German ascent, which did not threaten the rest of the world in any way, which was purely internal German reforms, still instantaneously managed to produce hate in others

Possibly the most tragic moment of this happening was when we proclaimed our Four-Year-Plan, an idea which should have enthused the other world: a people wanted to help itself; it did not appeal to others for aid, it did not appeal for presents, for charity, it appealed to its own creative facilities, its own diligence, its own energy, its own intelligence

And still this other world started shouting, British statesmen cried out: what do you think you're doing, this Four-Year-Plan, it does not fit into our global economy! - as if they had let us have part in this global economy

No, they scented the recovery of the German people - and because of this, because we foresaw this and because we noticed this, we immediately began, parallel to this recovery, to remobilize German power

You know these years

1933, so the same year, in which we took over power, I saw myself forced to withdraw from the League of Nations and to leave the ridiculous conference on disarmament

We could not receive any rights from these two forums, despite years of begging and protesting

1934: German rearmament began on the grandest scale

In 1935, I instituted the general draft

In 1936 I corrected the situation of the Rhineland

1937 was the start of the Four-Year-Plan

In 1938, the Ostmark and the Sudetenland were annexed to the Reich

In 1939 we began to shield the Reich against those enemies that in the meantime had removed their masks

The measured introduced in 1939 were to protect the Reich

All this could have been different, if this other world had, even for an hour, showed understanding for the German claims, for the necessities of life of the German people

So often it is said: we should have negotiated this

You remember, my comrades, did I not on more than one occasion raise the issue of German colonial claims before the world? Did we ever receive an answer to this, except for a no, except for repudiation, indeed almost new hostility? No, in Britain and France the ruling classes were determined to renew their fight against us the moment the Reich recovered

They wanted it so

For 300 years, Britain has followed its goal of preventing Europe to fully consolidate itself, just like France has for many centuries tried to prevent Germany from full consolidation

THE HISTORY OF BRITISH CRIMES AND WARMONGERING Today, when a Mr

Chamberlain stands forth as a preacher and announces to the rest of the world the pious goals of this war, I can only say: your own history speaks against you, Mr

Chamberlain

For 300 years your statesmen have always spoken thus, like you, Mr

Chamberlain, when war broke out

You have generally only fought for God or your religion

You have never had a material goal

But because the British never fought for material goals, God has rewarded you with so many material goods

God has not forgotten that Britain was always the warrior for truth, for justice, the champion of all virtues

They were richly rewarded for this

Over a period of 300 years, they have subjugated about 40 million km of earth; of course not because of egoism, not because they love to have power or gain riches or self-indulgence, no, quite on the contrary this all happened as part of God's mandate and in the name of religion