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   From: mars1933@hotmail.com   
      
    Here are some quotes from "With Hitler on the Road to Power" by Dr.   
   Otto Dietrich   
      
     The "Dritte Reich" stands firm. It rests on its foundations, on the   
   immortal values of the Nordic Race, and in the depth of Germany's   
   soul.   
      
    We call Adolf Hitler our "Leader" (Fuehrer), because that is what he   
   is. He united State and Nation in Germany.   
      
    Only the eye-witness, who has experienced day by day, at the side of   
   Adolf Hitler, the wave of love and enthusiasm which greets him from   
   every class of German, can realize that such ovations, so rare in the   
   life of statesmen, signify no artificial feeling, but genuine   
   affection.. Hundreds, thousands throng the streets and roads, and   
   surge toward his car.. The scenes which we witness day by day are   
   touching and heart-rending. They are not isolated examples, but occur   
   everywhere.   
      
   The history of the National Socialist Movement shall be handed down to   
   posterity as the epic of the resurrected German Nation.   
      
    With indomitable will and unprecedented perseverance, which no   
   reverse can dishearten, this previously unknown man of the people,   
   with a few faithful adherents, dared to pierce the lines of the   
   Marxist terror.. He knows; terror is not overcome by intellect, but by   
   terror.   
      
   Adolf Hitler was not permitted to speak in public. The party lacked   
   the most essential means. It's existence during the following years -   
   probably the most arduous of its life - was one long series of   
   persecutions, muzzling, and trickery. Whoever admitted National   
   Socialism, was banished from civil life, from the decadent bourgeoisie   
   and from the class-conscious workers. The mere suspicion of National   
   Socialism meant the loss of employment and bread, boycott and ruin of   
   business interests, the inevitable acceptance of misery.   
      
   Hundreds, thousands were imprisoned by the November State Government.   
   Throughout the streets raged bloodshed and scenes of Marxist terror.   
   All the powers of hell were let loose against the advancing young   
   movement.   
      
   After twelve years of inconceivably laborious preparation, the   
   N.S.D.A.P. felt strong enough to knock at the door of power in the   
   Reich   
      
   But strong elements of economic opposition were still prevalent, and   
   these he attacked at the beginning of 1932.   
      
   Even today, I can picture this meeting of prominent men. We came for   
   Godesberg, and drove up to the Park Hotel, amidst the hooting of the   
   Marxists. The room was over crowded. Huddled together, sat the chief   
   West German magnates. There were familiar and unfamiliar faces. Men in   
   the public eye , and those quiet , but no less influential powers,   
   who, moving behind the scenes, control the fate of economy by the soft   
   sounds issuing from their private offices- men said to bear a ledger   
   rather than a heart.   
      
   Joyful expectation brightened the faces of those already converted.   
   But the vast majority bore an air of superiority  and cool reserve-   
   probably flattered that Hitler had approached them. Mere curiosity,   
   and general interest lured them to the meeting. They wanted to hear   
   Hitler speak. They had no intention of being converted; the came to   
   criticize, seeking confirmation of their own infallible opinion.   
      
   Our leader received a chilly ovation; he spoke from a slightly raised,   
   projecting balustrade, he hands resting lightly on the iron railing. I   
   sat, amongst the listeners, taking notes, and observing the effect of   
   his speech which lasted for over two hours. From world political   
   perspective and with cogent logic, out leader elucidated the relations   
   between economy and politics, their reciprocal effect, and their   
   results in Germany. He explained the cause of the situation , and   
   proposed the only possible remedy.   
      
   The general impression upon this group of most impassive listeners was   
   astounding. After an hour, their chilly reserve gave way to intense   
   interest. Hitler spoke of the titanic struggle of his political   
   warriors, needy and persecuted, but making every sacrifice, even that   
   of life, for their nation. He contrasted the German youth's unselfish   
   idealism, personified in National Socialism, and the noble character   
   of working-class followers, with the lack of comprehension, the   
   materialism, and the heavy guilt of the purely economically   
   established Bourgeoisie. He pricked their social conscience without   
   causing offence.   
      
   They began to flush, fixed their gaze upon out Leader's lips, and it   
   seemed as if their hearts were moved. He spoke to their very souls.   
   Faint, then thundering applause greeted Hitler at the conclusion of   
   his speech; he had won a battle.   
      
      
   The Jewish and Marxist Press  lied boldly next day that Hitler had   
   feasted with the industrial magnates on champagne and lobsters.   
   Actually, a few minutes later, the night say us on the road again,   
   bent on fresh work.   
      
   Next day, Hitler addressed with equal success the Crefeld Silk   
   magnates in Godesberg. Later the national club in Hamburg. Everywhere,   
   the scene was the same.   
      
   Those were daring journeys, fraught with danger, through the very   
   strongholds of the Marxist potentates who were on the track of their   
   hated, sworn foe.   
      
   But Adolf Hitler fought his way through. The number-plate of his car   
   was smeared with oil and coated with dust- quite indiscernible.   
      
   Then we held our first meeting in Goerlitz, where the attendance   
   exceeded the hundred thousand figure. All the roads were crowed with   
   masses of people on foot, on bicycles, and in lorries, all with the   
   same destination.   
      
   Hitler spoke as the stars arose in the heavens, and amidst the flaring   
   torches.   
      
   Now the crowds recognized the luminous plane carrying our leader, who   
   had just devoted his time to them. Cheers broke out from a hundred   
   thousand throats, drowning even the thunder of our motors, whilst the   
   crowds brandished flaming torches in greeting.   
      
   We have experienced the following fact; In Germany, wherever economic   
   and moral distress was greatest, wherever things seemed most   
   intolerable, there, confidence in our leader was strongest, and   
   gripped all the people.   
      
   Wherever our leader approached, every man and woman came out. Crowds   
   lined the streets. Aged grandmothers, on whose distressed faces the   
   direst poverty was written, raised their arms in greeting. Wherever we   
   stopped, the women stretched out their children towards our leader.   
   There were tears of joy and emotion.   
      
   They used to meet upon the Platterhof. Adolf Hitler would often come   
   in the night fog to the Platterhof, to take counsel with his friends.   
      
   The "Conservative State Idea" appropriated our ideas. The most ancient   
   political mummies of the past suddenly appeared upon the scene, and,   
   without shame, claimed the credit for out previous successes.   
      
   The Youth stood by Hitler, because it knew that he personified the   
      
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