Sept. 25, 2014
Carolyn Yeager and Ray Goodwin read and comment on the Feb. 27 to March 7th 1942 lunch and dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by trusted aide, attorney Heinrich Heim. 1hr25min. Included in this episode:
Hitler's planned response to the housing crisis - to build a million standardised houses a year for five years "after the war";
His treasured experiences at Bayreuth and with the Wagner family;
Stories about the NSDAP printer Müller and his women;
Criticisms of women's vanities, followed by men's, followed by marriage and his acceptance of single mothers;
How to treat the Eastern territories, plus school curriculums in Germany;
The virtues and faults of the German language compared with others, and usefulness of "borrowed words".
Image: Richard Wagner's son Siegfried and his English wife, Winifred.
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.