Sept. 18, 2014
Ray Goodwin and Carolyn Yeager read and comment on the Feb. 22-27, 1942 dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by trusted aide, attorney Heinrich Heim. Included in this episode:
- The success of the NSDAP newspaper empire;
- Importance of laughter and fun;
- How to carry out a revolution, and Hitler's dislike of Christian dogma;
- The weakness of King Michael of Romania and how to handle German minorities in the Balkans;
- Hitler expresses happiness the winter is over (soon) and admits the losses the Wehrmacht endured because of it;
- Long talk on God, religion and Truth;
- Govenors for the occupied west, and the nuisance of old monarchs;
- Thoughts on German expansion.
Image: Young King Michael of Romania meets Adolf Hitler at the Reichs Chancellery in Berlin during WWII.
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.