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A biography of Adolf Hitler published two years before his autobiography Mein Kampf may also have been written by Hitler:
In the early fall of 1923, when Adolf Hitler was still mostly known for his frenzied speeches at Munich beer halls, a slim biography was published that lauded him as the savior of the German nation and even compared him to Jesus. The book, "Adolf Hitler: His Life and His Speeches," was credited to Baron Adolf Victor von Koerber, a German aristocrat and war hero. Scholars have said that Hitler sought Mr. von Koerber out for the biography because he needed a conservative figure without links to the Nazi Party to help legitimize him as a leader.
However, new research says Hitler penned the work himself. This suggests that Hitler had designs on taking power earlier than many historians have previously thought and manipulated public opinion to get there.
"Adolf Hitler: His Life and His Speeches" was published two years before "Mein Kampf," the autobiography and manifesto that historians consider the moment Hitler went from political propagandist to leader in waiting. The von Koerber biography was published shortly before Hitler helped lead a bungled coup in Munich known as the Beer Hall Putsch.
"It's 1923, and Hitler suddenly decides he needs to boost his national profile," said Thomas Weber, a professor of history and international affairs at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland, who uncovered documents in Mr. von Koerber's archival papers that he argues reveals Hitler as the biography's true author. The documents included a sworn statement by the publisher's widow.
Dusty old Godwin meme.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday October 10 2016, @10:27PM
(also an extensive collection of martin luther king's work, just so you know I'm not a NAZI.)
Mein Kampf is dedicated to the sixteen men who gave their lives for Hitler in the Beer Hall Putsch.
Sixteen.
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(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 10 2016, @11:34PM
just so you know I'm not a NAZI.
Please tell me what is wrong with being a 'NAZI'?
No, don't repeat propaganda you see on TV.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday October 10 2016, @11:40PM
that's what he called his plan for Germany - it was explicitly racist.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 11 2016, @12:28AM
I suppose you mean Hitler wanted a "Racially pure state".
And what made him want that in the first place? Was it because his people were well-off or was it because his people were taken advantage of, barely scraping a living, paying unjust, illegal war reparations (for a war his country was NOT responsible) and many other planned disadvantages?
I know you are a troll, but I will continue...
Israel, today, conducts genetic tests on its citizens and does not allow anyone who is not the correct race. That is called racism in its most extreme form. Israel has achieved it. Only Khazarians will live in Israel ... and the rest of middle east. Ethnic cleansing? Oh noes!!! Look there! horrible nazi! *jewish laugh* *rubs hands together*
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday October 11 2016, @08:53AM
So what did the powers that won WWI (who for the most part were neither Jews nor coloured) imposing unfair conditions on Germany have to do with the races of people inside Germany?
Indeed, I'd say one of the main reason why Germany lost WWII is Hitler's racism. I mean, the people who were conquered in the east didn't previously have a good life in the Soviet Union; if they had been treated well by the Germans, I guess they would have supported the German side. Especially the Jews who had to suffer from Soviet antisemitism (while not as bad as Nazi antisemitism, it was still bad enough). They would have had been strong allies.
And had Einstein not have to leave Germany for the simple reason that he was Jew, probably Germany would have had the atomic bomb first.
Note that I don't think starting WWII was right, I just think it would have been winnable if Hitler had not been an insane racist.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday October 11 2016, @01:06PM
You should subscribe to David Duke's channel. He makes the same argument you do.
Realizing a racially pure state in America is such a fool's errand, it's a marvel that anyone would imagine it's possible. Even if you instantly subtracted all the ostensibly non-white people from America by waving a magic wand, the people that remained are such mutts it would be impossible to ever achieve any kind of Aryan purity. For example I look as white as they come but my paternal grandfather didn't because he had such a large portion of Indian blood.
So what would that leave? A handful of Norwegian descendants in northern Minnesota? Is that what you're after, to impose your lutefisk laws on the rest of the country? I say, No! Never!
It's a good thing that America is a melting pot. It makes it a truly unique society. The multiplicity of perspectives confers a distinct advantage over places that operate in a cultural echo chamber.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday October 11 2016, @01:50AM
Educate me.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday October 11 2016, @08:40AM
Counter question: What is not wrong with being a Nazi?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.