Adolf Hitler

Nov. 6, 2014

Carolyn Yeager and Ray Goodwin read and comment on the April 25 - May 3, 1942 lunch and dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by aide Henry Picker. 1h28m. Included in this episode:

•  Considerations on the escape of a French General and more of Hitler's thoughts on diet - importance of raw food;
•  On the competition between art museums and his plans to make Linz the most beautiful city on the Danube, surpassing Budapest;
•  Hitler continues to talk about his plans for the Eastern territories, says roads are better than inland waterways;
• The German opera, and his opinion of various conductors;
• Architectural problems - artistic cities vs political/military cities - art for all the people and school children too;
• How he avoids the assassin's bullet - too much police protection a negative.

Image: Interior of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus facing toward the box seats: An example of Hitler's wish to bring world-class performances and fine art throughout the Reich, not exclusively in Berlin and Vienna. Enlarge

The edition of Hitler's Table Talk being used was translated by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens, published by Enigma Books, New York, and can be found as a pdf here.

Oct. 30, 2014

"Thanks to the presence of a regiment of the Leibstandarte, the countryside is abounding with jolly and healthy young children."

Ray Goodwin and Carolyn Yeager read and comment on the April 12-24, 1942 lunch and dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by aide Henry Picker. 1hr24sec. Included in this episode:

• Cost/benefit of the Olympic Games in Berlin;
• Elementary schooling, schoolmasters vs schoolmistresses, "Reich Schools;
• Installing Dr. Schacht as head of the Reichsbank over Dr. Luther was a complicated processes;
• Why the Metropolitan Opera House in New York has just closed its doors;
• The SS contribution to good German blood and babies - the importance of who carries arms;
• Praise for the Duce, dislike of the Italian aristocracy;
• Decisive events of the war so far reveal the weakness of German High Command in 1st WW - the build-up of the new navy;
• No sanction for soldiers to marry foreign women - the importance for children of true affection between marriage partners - domestic trouble in marriages of National-Socialist leaders.

The edition of Hitler's Table Talk being used was translated by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens, published by Enigma Books, New York, and can be found as a pdf here.

Oct. 23, 2014

Alfred Rosenberg's opus came out in April 1942 and Hitler had little interest in it, but the opposition of the Churches helped increase its sales to a million by 1944.

 Carolyn Yeager and Ray Goodwin read and comment on the April 5 - 11, 1942 lunch and dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by aide Henry Picker. 1hr29min. Included in this episode:

• German diplomatic corp and the giving of awards to foreign dignitaries;
• Too much money going to churches - defends Reich Bishop against Martin Niemöller;
• NSDAP vs the bourgeoisie;
• Standardization of the motor car industry;
• German-Italian friendship and good relations have been helpful;
• Japanese religion compared to Christianity, and more opinions on the Church and its dogma;
• Alfred Rosenberg's The Myth of the Twentieth Century is published and Hitler comments on it;
• The correct German policy in the Eastern territories.

The edition of Hitler's Table Talk being used was translated by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens, published by Enigma Books, New York, and can be found as a pdf here.

Oct. 20, 2014

Why Hitler and Himmler did not enlist nationalist Russians and other Slavs to help them fight the war on the Eastern Front.2hr04min.

• Adolf Hitler's opinion of Jews and Slavs originated with his experiences in Vienna in his late teens, early twenties;
• Hitler considered the Germanic peoples the leading race of Europe and once much of Europe was occupied by the German Reich, thought to include other Germanic nations/peoples into the Reich, but only after careful "Germanization";
• Himmler was desirous of preserving all "Germanic blood" - Hitler advised caution;
• Danzig Free State and "Falsifications of Polish History" give important background on the true long-term intentions of Poland against Germany;
• Himmler speaks at some length about "the Russian" whether Czarist or Stalinist, and about General Vlasov in his speech at Posen, Oct. 4, 1943;
• The N-S attitude is "we take care of our own first" and this is what the so-called anti-slavism is all about.

Image: Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler shakes hands with captive Russian General Andrey Vlasov. Enlarge

Oct. 16, 2014

 Ray Goodwin and Carolyn Yeager read and comment on the April 2-April 5, 1942 lunch and dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by aide Henry Picker. 1hr39m. Included in this episode:

• Hitler praises Tsar Ferdinand and his son Boris, Tsar of Bulgaria;

• Criticism of existing German protocols for visiting dignitaries -prefers the French and Italian way of treating visitors;

• Terrorism of the Jews - cowardice of our monarchs - laws of inheritance - the necessity of struggle - rulers should come from soldiers;

• Protecting German patents - lands of the North, Finland & Russia - Leningrad;

• Whether and how to incorporate Germanic peoples into the Reich - schools for political education - problems of the Poles, Czechs;

• The treachery in Germany after 1918 - getting around the disarmament diktat of the Versailles Treaty.

Image: Reichsfuehrer SS is dinner guest as they discuss the creation of Reich schools for children in Germanic countries.

The edition of Hitler's Table Talk being used was translated by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens, published by Enigma Books, New York, and can be found as a pdf here.

Oct. 13, 2014

Hitler meets with Polish Foreign Minister Josef Beck in 1937. Beck was a chain smoker and Hitler, who mostly refused to allow smoking in his presence, made an exception for Beck but doesn't seem too happy about it.

Carolyn continues from last week, answering accusations that Hitler hated Slavs and his anti-Slav policies caused Germany to lose the war. 2hr12m.

• Polish car-stealing gangs operate in Frankfurt am der Oder in Brandenburg State by just crossing the river because of EU Schengen laws;
• Using quotes from Mein Kampf as representing Hitler's policies in 1939 is absurd, yet most Hitler detractors do it;
• Persecution of ethnic Germans trapped in Poland and Czechoslovakia is recorded in online reading at Wintersonnenwende archive;
• Hitler speaks of his invasions of both Poland and Soviet Union as due to forces beyond his control;
• Serbia's role in WWI revisited - assassinated Austrian Archduke and wife under orders from Russia, helped along and encouraged by France;
• Austrian Emperor was not unreasonable for wanting some punishment for and restraint in Serbia;
• Serbia's long history of failure and frustration of nationalist goals, and warring behavior with it's neighbors;
• EU member states should be classified into an order something like A, B and C groups, and any new European Order should too;
• Did Hitler have a hatred of Serbia because of 1914?
  

Oct. 9, 2014

Carolyn Yeager and Ray Goodwin read and comment on the March 29-April 4, 1942 lunch and dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by aide Henry Picker. 1hr29m. Included in this episode:

• Honesty in trade set by the Hanseatic League for over 500 years, which only degraded to "Buyer Beware" when Jews got involved;

• The sorry state of the Judiciary, and Hitler's intention for judges to put the interests of the State first;
• Hitler sees the mentality of the Russians revealed in their Feb. 24th attempted assassination of Amb. Franz von Papen in Turkey;
• Explains why the Turks are better allies than the Bulgarians;
• Long exposition of the Policy of the Reich in the East, with historical perspective including Charlemagne and Frederick the Great;
• Why Frederick the Great was a better man than Napoleon and the weakness of hereditary monarchies;
• Hitler concludes that the future Germany must be a republic with a Führer at the head, chosen by a specially selected Senate.
• Very important ideas are presented in this episode.

Image: Lübeck, on the Baltic Sea, was the capital of the Hanseatic League that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe. Enlarge.

The edition of Hitler's Table Talk being used was translated by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens, published by Enigma Books, New York, and can be found as a pdf here.

Oct. 6, 2014

Carolyn Yeager responds to Wolf Wall Street's request that she "resolve this question (the Slav Question) herself" by addressing the issue head-on. In the second hour, a call from Markus added much of interest to the program, and toward the end of the 2nd hour Wolf Wall Street (Bob) also called and we had a 3-way discussion. 2hr19min. Subjects included:

• Slavic is a language group covering a large area of Eastern Europe;
• Paul Goble reports on the inventions about history currently being propagated in Russia apparently with govt. approval;
• Connection between Serbia and Russia, and their important role in instigating WWI;
• How do Whites deal with the differences between themselves in order to remain something of a cohesive group with trust between them;
• How to order a White society.

Image: A Polish peasant woman with three little blonde-haired girls. Date unknown.

Oct. 4, 2014

Carolyn Yeager discusses the various forms 'White Nationalism' takes and why it is floundering. 2hr7min. Main topics:

• New Right, Alt Right and Old Right;
• The Asian wife problem, also the Russian wife and Jew wife;
• The troubled conference in Budapest organized by Richard Spencer;
• The Ukraine situation and Putin sympathizers;
• Colin Liddell's attack on The Daily Stormer and "nazi-worship";
• Majority Rights also insists on forgetting Hitler.