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Revised Autobiography Adolf HitlerGerman History
Period 3Apr i 1 30, 1945
Good Morning, ladies ~nd gentlemen. My name, as all of you
should know, is Adolf Hitler. I have -come here today to tell
you of mV~life, my beliefs, and my deeds. I do not ask, but
demand your respect and greatest attention. I will now begin my
fascinating story.
At six o'clock, April 20, 1889, I was born in the Austrian
village Brunau. My father, Alois Hitler, was delighted with my
birth. Although he was fifty-two years old when I was born, he
was married for the third time to Klara Poelzl Hitler, his second
cousin. I had seven other sibl ings. The three before me died in
infancy, I came next, then Edmund arrived five years later. My
sister, Paula was born two years after that. Two others from my
father's second marriage, Alois Jr., and Angela, also 1 ived with
me in our house in Brunau. My father, a strong, husky, and high-
ly honored civil service worker, demanded respect from me and my
brother, Alois. I gave him respect, only because I was fearful
of his hand and his whip. Alois and Father did not get along.
Often Alois would be w~ipped, but the caniving brat deserved it.
He was jealous of me because our parents 1 iked me more than him.
Alois never cared for me, but when I came to power later in 1 ife,
he opened a cafe and told everyone that he was my brother, hoping
this would boost his sales. Of course, I ordered his cafe closed
when I found out about it. I loved my mother so much, and she
loved me as well. Peopl e said that I was a "mother's boy" and
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spoiled, but I was smarter than any other child in school.
In school I was very bright and 1 ively, but that changed
when my brother, Edmund, died of measles at the age of six. I
was sorry because I resented all the attention he was getting,
and I was no longer pampered. I wished for his death. When he
died, it seemed as if it was my fault. This hurt me very deeply,
it was one of the few extremely sad~ening events in my life. I
would spend our walking and thinking about this and other things.
At thirteen, I went to a Benedictine monastery school and
sang in their choir. The music and architecure of the churches
were beautiful, and for the first time I saw what would become my
trademark sign, the twisted cross or the "swastika". BecaLlse of
the power that was shown by the priests I felt that I wanted to
become a priest. I also began to real ize my talent for drawing
architecture. This, too, could be a possible occupation. My
father did not approve of either one of these occupations. He
wanted me to become a civil servant 1 ike himself.
In school, my grades began to drop. All I wanted to do was
draw and look at pictures. My father, furious, demanded that I
work harder. My grades showed no change. I started to escape
real ity, and play war games with my classmates. Of course, I
always was the leader, and everyone had to obey me, and no one
else. I would read volumes of Karl May's books. May, a German
e:·(-convict, wrote stories of how "Old Shattet~hand" would kill of
all the "Redskins" in America. Because of these books, later in
1ife, I named the .Jews and other enemies "Redsk ins" .
My grades cant inued to fall, and my father wi thdrew me from
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private school and enrolled me in a public one.
In January, 1903, my father died. I hated and feared him,
but inside I had respected him. This was the second depressing
occurence in my 1 ife.
When I was sixteen, three years later, I dropped out of
school because of a lung disease. I was so happy when I was able
to leave school. I got drunk for the first and last time in my
1 ife. I tore up the leaving certificate and used it for toilet
paper. The next day, asking for a dupl icate, saying I had lost
the original, the school director, who managed to get some of the
pieces, humil iated me in front of the entire school faculty. This
was the most humil iating event in my life.
The next three years, away from school, were the happiest
years of my 1 ife. I could read, draw buildings in my fantasy
world, practice speeches, or go to Richard Wagner operas with my
best, and only, friend August Kubizek. I had no job, and I re
lied on my mother's pension to support me. I forced her to wait
on me, just as she should have.
In late 1907, I learned that my mother was critically ill
with cancer. I went to Vienna to try and get into the Vienna
Academy of Fine Arts, but surprisingly I was turned down because
I failed the entrance exam. I could have tried to get into the
School of Architecture, even without a high school diploma, but I
decided not to.
Some months later, on December 21, 1907, my mother passed
away. It was the worst single incident in my 1 ife. I still
shudder when I think o~ it. It was a dreadful blow, I had honor-
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ed, but my mother I had loved. II weeped for hours at her grave
side. The only Jew I had ever cared for, Doctor Bloch, had led
me down.
After this, I left for Vienna. I would not return to Linz
unt i1 I was a success. In Vienna, I 1 ived in poverty. I 1 ived
in a flophouse, had work shoveling snow, carrying suitcases at
the Railroad station, and even going so low as to become a
carpenter.
post cards,
Using my
and then
art talent for profit, I tinted and drew
began to sell full-size water colors. I
could not shave or bathe for weeks at a time. I wore nothing but
1 ice-ridden trousers and an old undershirt. I looked 1ike a low
ly derel ict. I ate nothing but bread or soup in a charity line.
The one thing I gained was freedom! Freedom to use as I pleased!
Most often I would go to the library and read for hours. I read
about hypnotism, history, pol itics, and even yoga. I did not
read at random, and I only retained in my mind what was needed.
Vienna was and remained for me the hardest, though most
thorough school of my life. In this period there took shape
within me a world picture and a philosophy which became the
granite foundation of all my acts. In addition to what I then
created, I have had to change nothing. It was here, in Vienna,
that I learned to 1 ie and bully, and most importantly, how do get
people to do what I want them to. Life is a jungle, and only the
most vicious survive. I liked the German race more than Austria
becaLlse they were vicious and seemingl y a "Master Race". I
hated the smaller countries in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1 ike
Czechs, SLovaks, Slovanes, Croats, Serbs, and the Magyars. They
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were just in the way of the great power in Germany. Most of all,
I hated the Jews. I read of how the Jews were the main problem
in the world. It was by duty to rid the world of this problem.
They stood for all the wrong things-- equality, democracy, and
freedom. Free speech, free press, individual representatives for
elected assembl ies. All theis openess is a sign of weakness.
Congresses and parl iaments are a complete waste of time. One man,
one ruler, one country. You are only happy when a leader tells
you exactly what to believe and to do. Peace! Jews want Peace!
I HATE PEACE! Life is supposed to be a struggle! Let us keep it
that way. In this struggle, the stronger, the more able, win,
while the less able, the weak, lose. It is not by principles of
humanity that man 1 ives or is able to preserve himself above the
animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle. In
order to attain goals, you must 1 ie, cheat, kill, anything! By
tell ing 1 ies, people would do aything for you! The bigger the
lie, the more probability that some of it will be bel ieved. I
chose the Jews as a scapegoat for the world's problems. I made
people bel ieve the ugly truth about Judaism. Drumming this into
their heads would make me the supreme power.
In May, 1913, I went to Germany. I had finally made it to
the land I loved more than any other. Not being able to stand
all the Jews in my country, I was forced to leave. Some people
may argue and say I left to escape arrest. I did, but that was
not a major factor. When I was arrested, I convinced the pol ice
that I evaded the army registration in Austria only because I
would not have been accepted because of my lung problems. I took
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the physical examination in 1914, and was found in too poor
cndition to join the army. I returned to Munich quickly.
In 1914, World War I broke out. That August, I joined the
German Army. Finally I felt I belonged somewhere. The Army was
my home. I was a messenger in the front 1ines. Although I was
alway under fire, the message always got through. As a reward
for my val iant work, I got German's highest military award: the
Iron Cross, Second Class. When I was in the hospital, recovering
from a shell fragment, Communism broke out in Russia. The Reds
were either Jews or Jews taking orders from Jews. I began to
hate communism as well.
In October, 1918, I was attacked with mustard gas. I lost
my sight for some time. Again I was placed in the hospital. I
wantyed to get back in the trenches and FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! In
the hospital, I was informed that the war was over. For the
first time since my mother died, I cried. Our nation had been
back-stabbed by the politicians who wanted peace instead of war.
I was tired of these traitorous pol iticians. My country
needed a new leader, and that leader would be ..•ME! I started my
shift into power slowly. I lived at a German Army post, only
because I could not make a 1 iving on the outside. The government
gave me a job as a spy, to 10k out for dangerous political
groups. I went to a meeting of the German Worker's Party. It
was a common Anti-Semitic groups in Germany. At the meeting, I
felt compelled to give a speech. I did. Apparently the party
officials agreed with everything I said about Germany's enemies,
and the next day I got a letter in the mail asking me to join
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the party. I hesitated, thinking I may want to start a party of
my own, but two days later I joined. That decision was the most
important of my life. From here, there would be no turning back.
I was inducted as the seventh member of the executive committee.
I took charge of recruiting. Advertising everywhere increas
ed the size of the party dramatically. Within a month, the
number of members went from fifty-five to more than two hundred.
A mass meeting at a beer hall drew two thousand people. The name
of the party changed to The National Socialist German Worker's
Party, or phoenetically shortened, Nazi.
Next, I wrote a twenty-five point program, which summarized
the Nazi ideas. It tore apart the absurd Treaty of Versailles,
it also denounced the Weimar Republic, which was the German
government set up at the end of the war. Citizenship would be
taken away from all Jews, and all the German speaking countries,
including Austria and Czechoslovakia, would be united under one
flag. At the end of 1921, over six thousand Nazis were register
ed, with thousands of others favoring the Nazi ideas. I demanded
that I become undisputed leader of the group as a reward for my
recruiting powers. The other officials, knowning that without me
the party would collapse, agreed.
It was then that I organized the uniformed Stormtroopers, or
the S.A. They were my own private army, and would do anything I
commanded them to do. They would break up other pol itical
parties' meetings, and of course, terrorize the Jewish populace.
The red, white, and black flag with the swastika was a famil iar
sight allover Germany. "Germany Awake!", "Sieg Hei 1 , or Hai 1
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Victory", and "Heil Hitler!" were all slogans used by my party.
In 1923, German's economy was in desperate trouble. This
was perfect for me. More people would come to the Nazis for
help. I decided this was the time to strike and capture Germany.
I would attack Munich and el iminate any opposing forces.
November 9, 1923, my plan went into action. It failed miserably.
I was arrested and put on trial for treason. I turned the
trial into triumph. I received world coverage, and had a chance
to spread my ideas to other nations. The Bavarian judge gave me
a surprisingly 1 ight sentence, five years. I served a mere nine
months in Landsberg prison, which was more of a cheap hotel than
a prison. I had excellent food, the right to see any visitors,
and the right to a personal secretary, Rudolf Hess.
It was here I dictated the first part of my autobiography,
Mein Kampf ("My StrLlggle"). I suggest all of you read it some
time, it may give some important worldy knowledge.
In December, 1924, I was released from prison on parole. I
was ready, once again, to bash in some Jewish skulls. It was time
for me to make my move. I worked on my speech, removing my
Austrian accent, practiced my gestures, and improved my
appearance greatly. The Party had lost members during my stay in
prison, and I had to get them back. By 1928, the membership was
up to 100,000 people. That year, I persuaded my half-sister,
Angela, to keep house for me. My step-nieces, Friedl and Geli,
came with her. Gel i was strikingly beautiful, and I took her
everywhere, we would walk for hours. I loved her so much. She
became jealous when I was with other women, yet she wanted the
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right to be with other men. I once found her in the arms of my
chaffeur! One day, we were arguing about her having the right to
go back to Vienna, I said no, and left for a meeting. The next
day, Gel i Raubal, my step-niece, was found shot to death. She
committed suicide, instead of spending her 1ife with me. Imagine
that!
I was shattered. I was contemplating suicide myself after
she had died. I never fell in love again. Everything in her
room was kept just as it was. In honor of her death, I became a
vegetarian. I had everyone who knew anthing about our affair
killed. No one should ever know. Only recently did I decide to
tell you.
Germany was back in a severe economic depression again in
1929, and th is time I woul d not fai 1. The elect ions in 1930
for the German governing body, the Reichstag, proved to be
profitable. The Nazis held 107 out of 491 seats in the Reichstag,
the second highest party. With the funds from charity to to my
party, I recruited more S.A., and organized a youth group. The
1932 election was even better than the 1930. 14,000,000 votes
and 230 seets were taken. I was the real power in Germany now!
•
The leaders of other parties invited him to discuss the formation
of a new government. It was then I had them in my pocket. They
recognized me as a parter in their negotiations. A second vote
was held in Germany, the Nazis lost 34 seats in the Reichstag. I
campaigned non-stop for more support. Businessmen, bankers, and
generals wanted me in power because the Communist system would
reduce their profits and action dramatically. I had five S.A.'s
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kill a Communist factory worker as a show of force. This showed
to the rest of the government that blood would flow like water if
I was not made Chancellor of Germany. In January, 1933, I became
the Chancellor. A majority of Non-Nazis were put in the cabinet
to keep me from taking too much power. It did not work.
I had some assistants before, during, and after I was
chancellor. Ernst Roehm, a street fighter, was the head of the
S.A •. He recruited all the drug addicts, professional killers,
and ex-convicts which made up the S.A. Hermann Goering, who flew
with the Red Baron in World War I, was a key fund raiser in the
party. He was married to a Swedish Countess, giving him high
soc ial status. My secretary, Rudolf Hess, bel ieved it was
necessary to bring order and military glory to the country. That
is why he was my Deputy-in-Command. Julius Streicher was editor
of Der Stuermer, the Nazi hate magazine. Like myself, he always
carried a whip, and bragged of the way he tortured Jews. Torture
was indeed his specialty. Joseph Goebbels was in charge of
propaganda. He advertised hatred for Jews and Communists
everywhere. Heinrich Himmler was a former chicken farmer who
led my elite guard, the Stormtroopers, and the Gestapo, the
secret pol ice. His hobbies included collecting human skulls and
coming up with new ways to kill and torture prisoners in my
concentration camps.
A month after I went into command, I had the S.A. burn down•
the Reichstag building. I blamed it on the Communists, and
almost everyone bel ieved it.
I managed to push the extremely useful "Enabl ing Law"
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through the Reichstag by bribing and threatening the leaders.
Next, declaring an emergency, I took away all constitutional
rights from citizens. This let me arrest and sentence anyone
without a trial. I el iminated all labor unions by bashing the
skulls of the leaders. All other political parties were illegal.
I seized control of all medias, nothing would be said that I
did not want said. Soon, I had to eliminate Ernst Roehm and the
rest of the S.A •• Special troops, sworn to loyalty were used to
el iminate Roehm and the S.A. After Roehm was dragged out of bed
and driven to jail at 3 o'clock in the morning, we held a one
minute trial, then promptly executed him. In that hour I was
reponsible for the fate of the German people. I became the
supreme judge of the German people. A few weeks later, the
president of Germany died. I combined his powers with my own. I
was the ultimate power in Germany and all of the world. Brutal-
ity is respected. Brutality and physical strength. The plain
man in the street respects nothing but brutal strength and
ruthlessness. If a people is to become free it needs pride and
will power, defiance, HATE, HATE, AND ONCE AGAIN HATE.
My hate for Jews built up more and more over the years. I
love to hear tales of the tortures inflicted upon them. I once
rounded up 20,000 Jews after some killed a pol ice officer. Then
my hate spread toward Christianity. It was nothing more than a
disease for the weak and feminine. Christianity merely preached•
such stupid ideas as love, kindness and mercy. The priests and
nuns, especially in the Protestant clergy would sweat in fear
when you talk to them. They were uterly useless in a race of
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super people. I had the bible removed from every home and had
the greatest of all documents, Mein Kampf, placed their in it's
place.
I placed Germany back in economic prosperity by giving jobs
to every unemployed person. They could work on the Autobahnen,
or superhighways. Planes, tanks, and submarines could be built
by workers. Thousands received jobs as Nazi mil itary workers and
Stormtroopers.
Now that I had taken over Germany, I wanted to take more
land. I wanted to make the Russian Ukraine part of my dominion.
The people there were either killed or made into slaves. We
had molded the best of them to the shape that suited us, and we
had isolated the rest of them in their own pig-sties; and any
German who talked about saving the local inhabitants and civil
izing him goes straight off into a concentration camp.
I had a plan to crush the redskins with only 250,000 sol
diers. We could keep them happy with glass beads and scarves,
while holding them in terror with the concentration camps. For
them, the word "liberty" means the right to wash on feast days.
I had withdrawn Germany from the League of Nations in 1934, and
in 1936 marched my troops through the Rhineland, claiming it
Germany's. The League did nothing. In 1931, Japan attacked
Manchuria. The League did nothing. In 1935, Benito Musso1 ini
captured Ethiopia. The League did nothing. The time was ripe.
On the morning of March 12, 1938, I marched into my homeland,
Austria, with my troops. They welcomed me as a hero. Thousands
in Vienna and Brunau cheered me. I was a success. Soon after
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Austria became part of Germany. In 1939, I sent troops into
western Czechoslovakia, claiming it mine. Finally, France and
England realized that I was taking over every land in the world.
On September 1,1939, I launched a lightning attack on Poland. In
one month I had ruled Poland as well. France and England then
declared war on Germany and myself. In April, 1940, I captured
Denmark in two hours. By June, Norway was mine as well. I
boldly attacked the French resistance, which soon crumbled. Bel-
gium, Holland, and Luxembourg were defeated. We occupied all of
the Western European continent from the Arctic Ocean to the
Pyrenes mountains, from the Eng1 ish Channel to the Vistu1a River.
I had avenged the defeat of Germany in World War I. It was
now, under the facade of war that I could commit all the racial
murder that pleased me.
I could exterminate every Jewish person on this Earth. The
S.S. could roundall
the undesirables in a concentration camp,
and then torture them, ripping Jewish babies apart, in front of
their mothers, having the adults and children dig their graves,
get shot by the S.S. machine guns, then die in their lowly pits.
Those who survived the bullets were clubbed to death by shovels.
Some were buried alive. The S.S. would hang them by their hands
then beat them with rubber hoses, or throw the babies in pots of
boil ing water. This was too slow for us, we needed mass kill-
ings. Huge ovens or gas chambers were used to accomp1 ish this
quickly. On the way to camps, quick1 ime would be placed on the
railroad car beds to burn through their skins.
Although all this torture was amusing, my armies had actually
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started to lose the war against Russia. On December 5, 1941,
my drive was stopped just short of Moscow. On December 7, 1941,
Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan. I declared war on America, be-
l ieving that .Japan would take my side in the War. They did not.
The United States went against me as well. Three years later,
after may battles, most of them lost by Germany, the War had come
to an end. Nothing of Germany should have been left. I ordered
everything destroyed. Not a German stalk of wheat is to be feed
the enemy, not a German mouth to give him information, not a
German hand to offer him help. He is to find nothing but death,
annihilation and hatred.
My empire had fallen apart. On April 30, 1945, I.,and Eva
Braun, who I had married the day before, committed suicide.
Or so they believe.