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August 21, 2014
Ray Goodwin and Carolyn Yeager read and comment on the Jan. 28-Feb. 2, 1942 dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by trusted aide, attorney Heinrich Heim. Included in this episode:
- The importance of large families and the rights of growing populations;
- Recollections of prison days and how to handle the Czechs;
- Long discussion on his friendship with the Duce, Italian Fascism and the "fossils" of the Italian Court;
- Hitler describes his early political opponents, plus his experiences with the police and with procuring weapons;
- Tells some amusing stories about French Ambassador to Germany, Andre-Francois-Poncet;
- Hitler criticizes his diplomats and questions how to reorganize German diplomacy.
Image: Hitler and Mussolini's expressions reveal the warmth and trust between them as the Führer arrives in Rome for a week-long state visit in May 1938. 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