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Apr 1 30, 1945
fascinating story.
was married for the third time to Klara Poelzl Hitler, his second
cousin. I had seven other sibl ings. The three before me died in
sister, Paula was born two years after that. Two others from my
father's second marriage, Alois Jr., and Angela, also 1 ived with
of his hand and his whip. Alois and Father did not get along.
Often Alois would be w~ipped, but the caniving brat deserved it.
Alois never cared for me, but when I came to power later in 1 ife,
this would boost his sales. Of course, I ordered his cafe closed
when I found out about it. I loved my mother so much, and she
would spend our walking and thinking about this and other things.
were beautiful, and for the first time I saw what would become my
the power that was shown by the priests I felt that I wanted to
always was the leader, and everyone had to obey me, and no one
but inside I had respected him. This was the second depressing
occurence in my 1 ife.
to leave school. I got drunk for the first and last time in my
paper. The next day, asking for a dupl icate, saying I had lost
the original, the school director, who managed to get some of the
The next three years, away from school, were the happiest
best, and only, friend August Kubizek. I had no job, and I re-
with cancer. I went to Vienna to try and get into the Vienna
I failed the entrance exam. I could have tried to get into the
side. The only Jew I had ever cared for, Doctor Bloch, had led
me down.
could not shave or bathe for weeks at a time. I wore nothing but
Most often I would go to the library and read for hours. I read
about hypnotism, history, pol itics, and even yoga. I did not
people to do what I want them to. Life is a jungle, and only the
most vicious survive. I liked the German race more than Austria
I hated the Jews. I read of how the Jews were the main problem
They stood for all the wrong things-- equality, democracy, and
Congresses and parl iaments are a complete waste of time. One man,
one ruler, one country. You are only happy when a leader tells
you exactly what to believe and to do. Peace! Jews want Peace!
that way. In this struggle, the stronger, the more able, win,
tell ing 1 ies, people would do aything for you! The bigger the
people bel ieve the ugly truth about Judaism. Drumming this into
the land I loved more than any other. Not being able to stand
may argue and say I left to escape arrest. I did, but that was
not a major factor. When I was arrested, I convinced the pol ice
for my val iant work, I got German's highest military award: the
the hospital, I was informed that the war was over. For the
first time since my mother died, I cried. Our nation had been
and the next day I got a letter in the mail asking me to join
the party. I hesitated, thinking I may want to start a party of
my own, but two days later I joined. That decision was the most
A mass meeting at a beer hall drew two thousand people. The name
taken away from all Jews, and all the German speaking countries,
flag. At the end of 1921, over six thousand Nazis were register-
the S.A. They were my own private army, and would do anything I
The red, white, and black flag with the swastika was a famil iar
was perfect for me. More people would come to the Nazis for
help. I decided this was the time to strike and capture Germany.
was ready, once again, to bash in some Jewish skulls. It was time
prison, and I had to get them back. By 1928, the membership was
came with her. Gel i was strikingly beautiful, and I took her
became jealous when I was with other women, yet she wanted the
right to be with other men. I once found her in the arms of my
chaffeur! One day, we were arguing about her having the right to
go back to Vienna, I said no, and left for a meeting. The next
tell you.
1929, and th is time I woul d not fai 1. The el ect ions in 1930
profitable. The Nazis held 107 out of 491 seats in the Reichstag,
1932 election was even better than the 1930. 14,000,000 votes
and 230 seets were taken. I was the real power in Germany now!
to the rest of the government that blood would flow like water if
and ex-convicts which made up the S.A. Hermann Goering, who flew
with the Red Baron in World War I, was a key fund raiser in the
secret pol ice. His hobbies included collecting human skulls and
concentration camps.
• A month after I went into command, I had the S.A. burn down
did not want said. Soon, I had to eliminate Ernst Roehm and the
el iminate Roehm and the S.A. After Roehm was dragged out of bed
was the ultimate power in Germany and all of the world. Brutal-
My hate for Jews built up more and more over the years. I
rounded up 20,000 Jews after some killed a pol ice officer. Then
such stupid ideas as love, kindness and mercy. The priests and
place.
Stormtroopers.
had molded the best of them to the shape that suited us, and we
had isolated the rest of them in their own pig-sties; and any
German who talked about saving the local inhabitants and civil-
diers. We could keep them happy with glass beads and scarves,
them, the word "liberty" means the right to wash on feast days.
captured Ethiopia. The League did nothing. The time was ripe.
England realized that I was taking over every land in the world.
one month I had ruled Poland as well. France and England then
Pyrenes mountains, from the Eng1 ish Channel to the Vistu1a River.
now, under the facade of war that I could commit all the racial
their mothers, having the adults and children dig their graves,
get shot by the S.S. machine guns, then die in their lowly pits.
Some were buried alive. The S.S. would hang them by their hands
then beat them with rubber hoses, or throw the babies in pots of
boil ing water. This was too slow for us, we needed mass kill-
ings. Huge ovens or gas chambers were used to accomp1 ish this
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quickly. On the way to camps, quick1 ime would be placed on the
lieving that .Japan would take my side in the War. They did not.
after may battles, most of them lost by Germany, the War had come
Or so they believe.