The power which has always started the greatest religious and
political avalanches in history rolling has from time immemorial
been the magic power of the spoken word, and that alone."" Adolf
Hitler, Mein Kampf As historians have long noted, public oratory
has seldom been as pivotal in generating and sustaining the
vitality of a movement as it was during the rise and rule of the
National Socialist Party, from 1919 to 1945. Led by the charismatic
and indefatigable Hitler, National Socialists conducted one of the
most powerful rhetorical campaigns ever recorded. Indeed, the mass
addresses, which were broadcast live on radio, taped for
re-broadcast, and in many cases filmed for play on theater
newsreels throughout the Third Reich, constituted one of the most
thorough exploitations of media in history. Because such evil lay
at the heart of the National Socialist movement, its overwhelming
rhetoric has often been negatively characterized as propaganda. As
Randall Bytwerk points out, however, the ""propaganda"" label was
anything but negative in the minds of the leaders of the National
Socialist movement. In their view, the clear, simplistic, and even
one-sided presentation of information was necessary to mobilize
effectively all elements of the German population into the National
Socialist program. Gathered here are thirteen key speeches of this
historically significant movement, including Hitler's announcement
of the party's reestablishment in 1925 following the unsuccessful
Beer Hall Putsch, four addresses by Joseph Goebbels, the 1938
Kristallnacht speech by Julius Streicher, and four speeches drafted
as models for party leaders' use on various public occasions. The
volume concludes with Adolf Hitler's final public address on
January 30, 1945, three months before his suicide. Several of these
works are presented for the first time in English translation.
Bytwerk provides a brief introduction to each speech and allows the
reader to trace the development and downfall of the Nazi party.
Landmark Speeches of National Socialism is an important volume for
students of rhetoric, World War II, Nazi Germany, and the
Holocaust.
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