Oct. 9, 2014
Carolyn Yeager and Ray Goodwin read and comment on the March 29-April 4, 1942 lunch and dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by aide Henry Picker. 1hr30m. Included in this episode:
Honesty in trade set by the Hanseatic League for over 500 years, which only degraded to "Buyer Beware" when Jews got involved;
- The sorry state of the Judiciary, and Hitler's intention for judges to put the interests of the State first;
- Hitler sees the mentality of the Russians revealed in their Feb. 24th attempted assassination of Amb. Franz von Papen in Turkey;
- Explains why the Turks are better allies than the Bulgarians;
- Long exposition of the Policy of the Reich in the East, with historical perspective including Charlemagne and Frederick the Great;
- Why Frederick the Great was a better man than Napoleon and the weakness of hereditary monarchies;
- Hitler concludes that the future Germany must be a republic with a Führer at the head, chosen by a specially selected Senate.
- Very important ideas are presented in this episode.
Image: Lübeck, on the Baltic Sea, was the capital of the Hanseatic League that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe. 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.