"Hitler's Table Talk" Study Hour: Episode 16

June 26, 2014

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Carolyn Yeager and Ray Goodwin read and comment on the Dec. 17-31, 1941 dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by trusted aide, attorney Heinrich Heim. Some highlights of this episode:

• Hitler tells stories about Karl Lueger and Georg von Schoenerer of Vienna, plus other mayors of German cities;
• The difficulty of building an art collection when Jews are dishonest dealers - finding the Bordone Venus;
• More on how cooked food causes disease, and the achievements of the Party men;
• Hitler defends Julius Streicher, who has been removed as Gauleiter of Nuremberg - says Dietrich Eckart had also thought men like Streicher were necessary;
• Hitler treats his political opponents well;
• Ruhr industrial district - the need for increased production of coal and iron;
• Some thoughts on the Japanese.