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This means that there are 46,000,000 men for about 40,000,000 square kilometers
It is important, my countrymen, to shout this to the world again and again, for they are brazen democratic liars who assert that the so-called Authoritarian States are out to conquer the world, while in fact, the conquerors of the world are our old enemies
The British World Empire has left behind an icy stream of blood and tears in the path of its creation
It rules today, undoubtedly, a tremendous section of the globe
But this world government is affected not by the power of an idea, but essentially by force, and where force does not suffice, by the power of capitalist or economic interests
Bearing in mind the history of the British Empire, we can understand the process itself only as a result of the complete absence of the European Continent as an entity in face of this development, particularly by the absence of the German Reich
For 300 years, Germany was practically non-existent
While the British talked of God without losing sight of their economic interests, the German nation, overstrained to the limit, raised religious problems to such importance that bloody wars, lasting for centuries, ensued
This was one of the conditions which made the formation of the British Empire possible, for in the same measure with which the German nation spent its strength internally, it was eliminated as a power internationally, and in the same measure England could, undisturbed, build her Empire through robbery
Not only was Germany practically eliminated from competition on this globe during those three centuries; the same holds for Italy, where there were similar phenomena as in Germany, but of a political and dynastic rather than a religious nature
For other reasons again, another great nation in East Asia was eliminated, which also for nearly four centuries had gradually withdrawn from the rest of the world, and ceasing to regard its own living space as vital plunged into voluntary solitude
In this way a system arose, particularly in Europe, which England called the Balance of Power, which means, in fact, disorganization of the European Continent in favor of the British Isles
For this reason it was for centuries the aim of British policy to maintain this disorganization, not under the name of "disorganization" of course, but with a better sounding name
Just as they do not speak of cotton, but say "God," they do not speak of the disorganization of Europe but of the "Balance of Power
" And this so-called Balance of Power, that is the real internal importance of Europe, enabled England again and again to play one State against another, so keeping the forces of Europe involved in internal struggle
Thus England could thrust forward undisturbed into other areas offering comparatively little resistance
ENGLAND'S INTERNAL SOCIAL ILLS And yet to speak today of England's World Power or of England as the master of the world, is nothing but an illusion
To begin with her internal situation: England, in spite of her world conquests is perhaps socially the most backward State in Europe
Socially backward-that is, a State orientated entirely in the interests of a comparatively small and thin upper stratum and the Jewish clique with which it is allied
The interests of the broad masses are of no weight in determining the orientation of this State
Here again propaganda phrases must serve
One speaks about freedom, one speaks about democracy, one speaks about the achievements of a Liberal system meaning nothing but the stabilization of the regime of a section of society, which, thanks to its capital, is able to get hold of the Press, to organize and direct it, and to create public opinion
Thus, in a State commanding the riches of the world, having gigantic living space at its disposal, in a State with altogether hardly one inhabitant per square kilometer, in a State so blessed by nature, millions are excluded from these benefits, and live in greater poverty than the population of any of the over-populated central European States
The country which is a paradise for a few, is nothing but continuous misery for many, that is, for the masses
Misery in nourishment, misery in clothing, misery particularly in housing; misery in security of income, and in the entire social legislation
And if all of a sudden a British Labor Secretary, who, incidentally, as a member of the Opposition, is paid by the State, appears and says: "After this war, after victory, England will have to tackle social problems; we will have to care for the wide masses," I can only reply, "We have done this long ago
" It is only interesting to us as a confirmation of our thesis that England in reality is socially the most backward country in the world
Thus, considered internally, this gigantic external wealth is really barren as far as the masses as distinct from the few are concerned
But even externally this world domination is only a figment
New centers have been given to the world
Gigantic States have arisen which can be neither attacked nor even threatened by Great Britain
The whole British idea of world domination was based on getting others to proceed against the Continent
But outside this European Continent or far beyond it great States have come into existence which are completely unassailable by England
British diplomacy may only attempt to maintain its position there by clever manipulations and by trying to bring other forces into play, which means that it must now attempt to raise the so-called Balance of Power in Europe to a Balance of Power in the world
In other words, it has to play Great Powers against each other in order to maintain at least a semblance of a World Power
In Europe, itself, however, the awakening of the nations has already done away with the theory of the so-called Balance of Power, that is, disorganization of the Continent
WORLD WAR I CAUSED BY BRITAIN'S ENVY OF GERMANY AS A WORLD POWER The national development of Germany and the creation of the new German Empire pierced into this disorganized European Continent and to the south of us, Italy did the same
To this must be added new elements which make the Balance of Power appear an illusion
It exists no longer
Therein we really see the real reason for the World War
Since 1871, when German tribes began to organize themselves and, under the leadership of a statesman of genius, formed an Empire once more, and the national rebirth of the German nation found expression in a united state, Great Britain has been persecuting this new apparition
In 1871, even in 1870, immediately after the battle of Sedan, British newspapers began to point out that this new structure was more dangerous to Great Britain than France had been
It had been hoped even then that Prussia might succeed, perhaps, by a long war, in throwing back France, but there was no wish that from Prussia's rise there should emerge a national German re-birth or, even more, a new German Empire
Thus began the period from 1871 to 1914, in which Great Britain continually plotted for a war against Germany, in which she was hostile and aggressive to Germany at every opportunity, until finally the World War broke out, the work of quite a small group of international, unscrupulous rogues
And Great Britain received foreign help for this World War, which, again, she was only able to wage with foreign help
It is interesting to visualize the development of the British policy of world domination during the last 400 years
First, there was Spain, with Dutch help; then the fight against the Dutch, with the help of other European States, France amongst them; then, finally, was against France, with the help of Europe and that part of the world at Great Britain's disposal
The World War which shook Europe from 1914 to 1918 was exclusively the longed-for result of British statesmanship
Although the whole world had at that time been mobilized against Germany, Germany was actually not defeated
We may safely state this today
I should not like to be a critic of the past if I had not improved upon it
But today, as one of the historic men who have improved matters, I may critically examine and judge the past, and all I can say is that the result of the year 1918 is merely the consequence of a rare accumulation of personal inefficiency in the leadership of our nation, a unique accumulation which had never existed before in history, nor-let me tell these gentlemen-will it ever be repeated
In spite of all this, this country and the German soldier for four years withstood the attack of a hostile world, and the German nation still believed in the honor of the remaining democratic world and its statesmen
This credulity of the German nation, which was at the time regretted by many, received a terrible reward
If today Englishmen come along and believe that it is only necessary to put on the gramophone the old propaganda records of the years 1917-18 in order to achieve a new result, I can only say they have not forgotten anything, but unfortunately for them, they have not learned by experience
In this respect they differ from the German people
The German nation has learned since then; nor has it forgotten anything
GERMANY DEFEATED BY ANGLO-AMERICAN LIES We do not wish to be mean
Many times there have been broken pledges in the past
But what happened in the years following 1918 was not one broken pledge; broken pledges were mass-produced
Not a single pledge has been fulfilled
Never before has a great nation been deceived as the German nation was then deceived
It had received so many assurances, this credulous nation had been promised so much, and what did they do to our nation? It was plundered, it was exploited
A foreign statesman, an American, was employed to make the German people even more credulous
Perhaps this was really the reason why the German people were duped by this maneuver
But in this respect, too, they are immune against any similar attempts
The German people had opportunities, year after year, to ponder the sincerity of democratic promises and assurances and the honesty of democratic statesmen, to make comparison and to test them against their own experiences
It was in this period that the National Socialist movement originated
NATIONAL SOCIALISM A REACTION TO DECEIT AND FAILURE OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY If they now say: "But why did they pounce on a new ideology?" my answer is "Because the old one failed miserably
" Not only in the interior-Heavens! Democracy was a pitiful thing with us! When 40 or 50 odd parties compete with their gigantic philosophical interests, ranging from that of property down to the level of cyclists' clubs, estate owners and so on, that in itself is a very bad sight; but quite apart from that; if we only had been rewarded externally for this miserable internal democratic distortion of our lives, we could at least say: "Well that stuff has certainly failed at home, but at least you received decent treatment outside
" At home the whole thing was, of course, nothing but a joke, but foreign countries took you seriously-or at least they pretended that they wanted to take you seriously
If they had kept some of their promises because you were willing to be good democrats on the pattern of others
Oh, if at least this had been the case! But who was it they blackmailed? Who was it they sweated? Was it the National Socialist State? It was the German democracy! BIRTH OF NATIONAL SOCIALIST IDEOLOGY When I came home in 1918 and lived through the winter of 1918 and 1919, I realized, like many other people, that we could not expect regeneration from the existing political world in Germany, and so I began to search-as did so many others-and this was how that conception originated which later conquered the German nation as National-Socialism
I started from the one insight: the German nation fell because it indulged in the luxury of spending its strength at home
This use of strength in the interior took away external strength according to an external law
The German nation had hoped to gain, in turn, the goodwill of others but it met only the naked egotism of the cruelest and meanest vested interests, which began to loot everything there was to loot
One should not have expected anything else
But now the die was cast
One thing seemed obvious to me: any rise could not originate from outside
First, the German nation had to learn to understand its own political struggle, which enabled it to rally Germany's entire strength above all its idealistic strength
And this idealistic strength was at the time only to be found in two camps; in the Socialist and in the Nationalist camps
But these were the camps between which there was the most mortal feud and strife
These two camps had to be fused into a new unit
Today, my countrymen, when millions and millions are marching under the symbol of this unity, this appears to be obvious
But in the years 1918 and 19l9, this seemed to be the product of a diseased imagination
At best, people pitied me
Perhaps, my countrymen, it was lucky that it was so
If people had taken me seriously at that time, they would probably have destroyed me, and the movement at that time was much too small to be able to survive such a destruction
But it was perhaps destiny willed by nature or by God, that they laughed at us, mocked us, and that a certain type of propaganda only ridiculed us and regarded us as a joke
Thus we succeeded, gradually, in forming the first germ, and the first nucleus of a new national community, an almost incredible historical phenomenon started by unknown people and willing followers among the masses of the people itself
There is only one other State in which this process may be regarded as having come to a successful conclusion: Italy; nowhere else in Europe
In many States we see, perhaps, a beginning and in all the democracies they fully realize the importance of such a process, and believe that they can achieve similar results by swindle
They forget one thing: such a rebirth of a nation is really a miraculous event, an event which pre-supposes faith rather than so-called abstract and super-clever knowledge
The fact that in the years 1918 to 1921 the simple belief of the broad masses slowly came to us, was the beginning of our Movement
That made the little man from the factories and the mines, from the farms, from the offices, believe in his future, in the future of this idea and this Movement, and in the victory which was yet to come
At that time our point of view was that if the German nation were not to repair its prestige in the world, that is to say, did not again become a powerful factor, Germany would shortly have 20,000,000 people less
This was a matter of simple deduction
Year after year unemployment increased and caused the confusion of national conceptions and of economic plans
The constant change of Governments prevented any wider vision
Projects could not even be made for two or three months ahead, because one could be sure that in three months the government would have changed

This means that there are 46,000,000 men for about 40,000,000 square kilometers

It is important, my countrymen, to shout this to the world again and again, for they are brazen democratic liars who assert that the so-called Authoritarian States are out to conquer the world, while in fact, the conquerors of the world are our old enemies

The British World Empire has left behind an icy stream of blood and tears in the path of its creation

It rules today, undoubtedly, a tremendous section of the globe

But this world government is affected not by the power of an idea, but essentially by force, and where force does not suffice, by the power of capitalist or economic interests

Bearing in mind the history of the British Empire, we can understand the process itself only as a result of the complete absence of the European Continent as an entity in face of this development, particularly by the absence of the German Reich

For 300 years, Germany was practically non-existent

While the British talked of God without losing sight of their economic interests, the German nation, overstrained to the limit, raised religious problems to such importance that bloody wars, lasting for centuries, ensued

This was one of the conditions which made the formation of the British Empire possible, for in the same measure with which the German nation spent its strength internally, it was eliminated as a power internationally, and in the same measure England could, undisturbed, build her Empire through robbery

Not only was Germany practically eliminated from competition on this globe during those three centuries; the same holds for Italy, where there were similar phenomena as in Germany, but of a political and dynastic rather than a religious nature

For other reasons again, another great nation in East Asia was eliminated, which also for nearly four centuries had gradually withdrawn from the rest of the world, and ceasing to regard its own living space as vital plunged into voluntary solitude

In this way a system arose, particularly in Europe, which England called the Balance of Power, which means, in fact, disorganization of the European Continent in favor of the British Isles

For this reason it was for centuries the aim of British policy to maintain this disorganization, not under the name of "disorganization" of course, but with a better sounding name

Just as they do not speak of cotton, but say "God," they do not speak of the disorganization of Europe but of the "Balance of Power

" And this so-called Balance of Power, that is the real internal importance of Europe, enabled England again and again to play one State against another, so keeping the forces of Europe involved in internal struggle

Thus England could thrust forward undisturbed into other areas offering comparatively little resistance

ENGLAND'S INTERNAL SOCIAL ILLS And yet to speak today of England's World Power or of England as the master of the world, is nothing but an illusion

To begin with her internal situation: England, in spite of her world conquests is perhaps socially the most backward State in Europe

Socially backward-that is, a State orientated entirely in the interests of a comparatively small and thin upper stratum and the Jewish clique with which it is allied

The interests of the broad masses are of no weight in determining the orientation of this State

Here again propaganda phrases must serve

One speaks about freedom, one speaks about democracy, one speaks about the achievements of a Liberal system meaning nothing but the stabilization of the regime of a section of society, which, thanks to its capital, is able to get hold of the Press, to organize and direct it, and to create public opinion

Thus, in a State commanding the riches of the world, having gigantic living space at its disposal, in a State with altogether hardly one inhabitant per square kilometer, in a State so blessed by nature, millions are excluded from these benefits, and live in greater poverty than the population of any of the over-populated central European States

The country which is a paradise for a few, is nothing but continuous misery for many, that is, for the masses

Misery in nourishment, misery in clothing, misery particularly in housing; misery in security of income, and in the entire social legislation

And if all of a sudden a British Labor Secretary, who, incidentally, as a member of the Opposition, is paid by the State, appears and says: "After this war, after victory, England will have to tackle social problems; we will have to care for the wide masses," I can only reply, "We have done this long ago

" It is only interesting to us as a confirmation of our thesis that England in reality is socially the most backward country in the world

Thus, considered internally, this gigantic external wealth is really barren as far as the masses as distinct from the few are concerned

But even externally this world domination is only a figment

New centers have been given to the world

Gigantic States have arisen which can be neither attacked nor even threatened by Great Britain

The whole British idea of world domination was based on getting others to proceed against the Continent

But outside this European Continent or far beyond it great States have come into existence which are completely unassailable by England

British diplomacy may only attempt to maintain its position there by clever manipulations and by trying to bring other forces into play, which means that it must now attempt to raise the so-called Balance of Power in Europe to a Balance of Power in the world

In other words, it has to play Great Powers against each other in order to maintain at least a semblance of a World Power

In Europe, itself, however, the awakening of the nations has already done away with the theory of the so-called Balance of Power, that is, disorganization of the Continent

WORLD WAR I CAUSED BY BRITAIN'S ENVY OF GERMANY AS A WORLD POWER The national development of Germany and the creation of the new German Empire pierced into this disorganized European Continent and to the south of us, Italy did the same

To this must be added new elements which make the Balance of Power appear an illusion

It exists no longer

Therein we really see the real reason for the World War

Since 1871, when German tribes began to organize themselves and, under the leadership of a statesman of genius, formed an Empire once more, and the national rebirth of the German nation found expression in a united state, Great Britain has been persecuting this new apparition

In 1871, even in 1870, immediately after the battle of Sedan, British newspapers began to point out that this new structure was more dangerous to Great Britain than France had been

It had been hoped even then that Prussia might succeed, perhaps, by a long war, in throwing back France, but there was no wish that from Prussia's rise there should emerge a national German re-birth or, even more, a new German Empire

Thus began the period from 1871 to 1914, in which Great Britain continually plotted for a war against Germany, in which she was hostile and aggressive to Germany at every opportunity, until finally the World War broke out, the work of quite a small group of international, unscrupulous rogues

And Great Britain received foreign help for this World War, which, again, she was only able to wage with foreign help

It is interesting to visualize the development of the British policy of world domination during the last 400 years

First, there was Spain, with Dutch help; then the fight against the Dutch, with the help of other European States, France amongst them; then, finally, was against France, with the help of Europe and that part of the world at Great Britain's disposal

The World War which shook Europe from 1914 to 1918 was exclusively the longed-for result of British statesmanship

Although the whole world had at that time been mobilized against Germany, Germany was actually not defeated

We may safely state this today

I should not like to be a critic of the past if I had not improved upon it

But today, as one of the historic men who have improved matters, I may critically examine and judge the past, and all I can say is that the result of the year 1918 is merely the consequence of a rare accumulation of personal inefficiency in the leadership of our nation, a unique accumulation which had never existed before in history, nor-let me tell these gentlemen-will it ever be repeated

In spite of all this, this country and the German soldier for four years withstood the attack of a hostile world, and the German nation still believed in the honor of the remaining democratic world and its statesmen

This credulity of the German nation, which was at the time regretted by many, received a terrible reward

If today Englishmen come along and believe that it is only necessary to put on the gramophone the old propaganda records of the years 1917-18 in order to achieve a new result, I can only say they have not forgotten anything, but unfortunately for them, they have not learned by experience

In this respect they differ from the German people

The German nation has learned since then; nor has it forgotten anything

GERMANY DEFEATED BY ANGLO-AMERICAN LIES We do not wish to be mean

Many times there have been broken pledges in the past

But what happened in the years following 1918 was not one broken pledge; broken pledges were mass-produced

Not a single pledge has been fulfilled

Never before has a great nation been deceived as the German nation was then deceived

It had received so many assurances, this credulous nation had been promised so much, and what did they do to our nation? It was plundered, it was exploited

A foreign statesman, an American, was employed to make the German people even more credulous

Perhaps this was really the reason why the German people were duped by this maneuver

But in this respect, too, they are immune against any similar attempts

The German people had opportunities, year after year, to ponder the sincerity of democratic promises and assurances and the honesty of democratic statesmen, to make comparison and to test them against their own experiences

It was in this period that the National Socialist movement originated

NATIONAL SOCIALISM A REACTION TO DECEIT AND FAILURE OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY If they now say: "But why did they pounce on a new ideology?" my answer is "Because the old one failed miserably

" Not only in the interior-Heavens! Democracy was a pitiful thing with us! When 40 or 50 odd parties compete with their gigantic philosophical interests, ranging from that of property down to the level of cyclists' clubs, estate owners and so on, that in itself is a very bad sight; but quite apart from that; if we only had been rewarded externally for this miserable internal democratic distortion of our lives, we could at least say: "Well that stuff has certainly failed at home, but at least you received decent treatment outside

" At home the whole thing was, of course, nothing but a joke, but foreign countries took you seriously-or at least they pretended that they wanted to take you seriously

If they had kept some of their promises because you were willing to be good democrats on the pattern of others

Oh, if at least this had been the case! But who was it they blackmailed? Who was it they sweated? Was it the National Socialist State? It was the German democracy! BIRTH OF NATIONAL SOCIALIST IDEOLOGY When I came home in 1918 and lived through the winter of 1918 and 1919, I realized, like many other people, that we could not expect regeneration from the existing political world in Germany, and so I began to search-as did so many others-and this was how that conception originated which later conquered the German nation as National-Socialism

I started from the one insight: the German nation fell because it indulged in the luxury of spending its strength at home

This use of strength in the interior took away external strength according to an external law

The German nation had hoped to gain, in turn, the goodwill of others but it met only the naked egotism of the cruelest and meanest vested interests, which began to loot everything there was to loot

One should not have expected anything else

But now the die was cast

One thing seemed obvious to me: any rise could not originate from outside

First, the German nation had to learn to understand its own political struggle, which enabled it to rally Germany's entire strength above all its idealistic strength

And this idealistic strength was at the time only to be found in two camps; in the Socialist and in the Nationalist camps

But these were the camps between which there was the most mortal feud and strife

These two camps had to be fused into a new unit

Today, my countrymen, when millions and millions are marching under the symbol of this unity, this appears to be obvious

But in the years 1918 and 19l9, this seemed to be the product of a diseased imagination

At best, people pitied me

Perhaps, my countrymen, it was lucky that it was so

If people had taken me seriously at that time, they would probably have destroyed me, and the movement at that time was much too small to be able to survive such a destruction

But it was perhaps destiny willed by nature or by God, that they laughed at us, mocked us, and that a certain type of propaganda only ridiculed us and regarded us as a joke

Thus we succeeded, gradually, in forming the first germ, and the first nucleus of a new national community, an almost incredible historical phenomenon started by unknown people and willing followers among the masses of the people itself

There is only one other State in which this process may be regarded as having come to a successful conclusion: Italy; nowhere else in Europe

In many States we see, perhaps, a beginning and in all the democracies they fully realize the importance of such a process, and believe that they can achieve similar results by swindle

They forget one thing: such a rebirth of a nation is really a miraculous event, an event which pre-supposes faith rather than so-called abstract and super-clever knowledge

The fact that in the years 1918 to 1921 the simple belief of the broad masses slowly came to us, was the beginning of our Movement

That made the little man from the factories and the mines, from the farms, from the offices, believe in his future, in the future of this idea and this Movement, and in the victory which was yet to come

At that time our point of view was that if the German nation were not to repair its prestige in the world, that is to say, did not again become a powerful factor, Germany would shortly have 20,000,000 people less

This was a matter of simple deduction

Year after year unemployment increased and caused the confusion of national conceptions and of economic plans

The constant change of Governments prevented any wider vision

Projects could not even be made for two or three months ahead, because one could be sure that in three months the government would have changed