"Hitler's Table Talk" Study Hour: Episode 25

August 28, 2014

Carolyn Yeager and Ray Goodwin read and comment on the Feb 2nd-5th, 1942 dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down by trusted aide, attorney Heinrich Heim. Included in this episode:

• German Freemasonry - Hitler's experiences with it and some tales about the early days of the NSDAP;
• Times at Bayreuth and his love of motor cars;
• His feelings when he was in prison and his story of leaving Landsberg Prison after 13 months, and the later release of his 13 companions;
• The burning of "witches" in German villages by the thousands, and other misdeeds of the Christian Church;
  
• Americans successfully produce industrial goods with far less labor than Germans, and Hitler wants to emulate this;
• The importance of climate in developing civilization, which comes from the South (Greece, Rome) in Hitler's opinion;
• Raids on the Brown House (NSDAP headquarters) and relations with the police.
  

Image: Hitler stands with Ludendorff to the left and Ernst Roehm at right foreground in 1922 at the time of his trial. Note that Hitler is equal in height to Ludendoff, for those who want to call AH "short." Roehm is short. 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