Office of Strategic Services A man of splendid presence, he won over Hitler completely
and gained a political influence over him which was positively
fetal. Scheubner-Richter was one of the cases in which Hitler
was completely duped by an impressive social bearing.
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 95)
He always behaved in such a way that when he left a
company of people he had made a stronger impression
on them than they on him.
This behavior, which was constantly repeated betrayed
a lack of confidence in his own natural resources; he
called in the aid of stage-management.
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 97-98)
March 1920
...Hitler, with his pointed beard, stood modestly to one
since in the role of bookkeeper.
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 102)
Thereby he stands out from all his adversaries and rivals.
Where others after a defeat would have gone home
despondently, consoling themselves with the philosophic
reflection that it was no use [unreadable] against adverse
circumstances, Hitler delivered a second and a third assault
with sullen defiance. Where others after a success would
have become more cautious, because they would not dare
put fortune to the proof too often and perhaps exhaust it,
Hitler persisted and staked a bigger claim on destiny with
every throw.
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 106)
In July 1921 Hitler was staying in Berlin with the
Bechsteins and taking elocution lessons in order to
remedy his Austrian dialect and strengthen his voice.
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 106)
1923
...But Schweyer did not trust him; he was alarmed by
the flocking of thousands of S.A. men into Munich, The
party conference was forbidden. Then Hitler rushed
to the new Chief of Police, Nortz, and made a scene
such as this officer had never experienced in his life
before; he begged, he threatened, he wept, and finally
he sank upon his knees, spread out his arms and
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 120-121)
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 120-121 cont.)
cried:"Herr Polizeiprezident, let me march. I guarantee
that nothing shall happen!" But even the kneeling was to
no purpose.
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 120-121)
As an eye-witness [rest of paragraph unreadable]
"I have four shots in my pistol-three for my colleagues
if they desert me, and the last for myself."
He put the pistol to his forehead and declared solemnly:
"Unless I am victorious tomorrow, I shall be a dead man."
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 140)
"Yes, Excellency, we must [unreadable] ... grave injustice
to the monarchy, which was sacrificed so shamelessly
to the crime of November 1918. With your Excellency's
permission, I will drive straight from this meeting to
His Majesty (Prince Rupprecht) and inform him that by
this German revolt the wrong done to His Majesty's late
father has been made good."
I want now to fulfill the vow which I made to myself five
years ago when I was a blind cripple in the military hospital:
to know neither rest nor peace until the November criminals
had been overthrown, until on the ruins of the wretched
Germany of today there should have arisen once more a
Germany of power and greatness, of freedom and splendor.
Amen!"
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 145)
Hitler grasped him and the other men in turn by the hands
and shook them long and fervently, gazing fixedly into their
eyes as he did so. Some witnesses speak of tears. Hitler
said to Kahr in a hoarse voice: "Excellency, I will stand
behind you as faithfully as a dog!"
(Hitler-Heiden-p.146)
From this day on, Hitler maintained a sense of tragic
connection with Streicher. Two years later , after
Streicher had been the subject of violent dispute
within the party, Hitler ratified his appointment as
District Leader of [unreadable]. On this occasion he
said: "Perhaps there are one or two who don't like the
shape of Comrade Streicher's[unreadable], but when he
lay beside me on that day on the pavement by the Felderrhalle,
I vowed to myself that I would never forsake him so long as
he did not forsake me."
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 157)
"While the [rest of paragraph unreadable]
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 158-159)
Five years later Hitler told a remarkable story about this
flight. He appeared on the platform of the Munich Lowenbraukeller,
holding a boy by the hand and declaring that on November 9,
1923 he had found this boy at the Felderrhalle, taken him
under his arm, and carried him out of the range of the firing.
With a dislocated arm! It might be objected that, however
great his love for children, Hitler might have done better to
stay at the head of his men and fight the battle to the end.
If he was still in a condition to carry way children under
his arm, he must also have been in a condition to stick to
his post on the pavement. Moreover, it should be mentioned
that neither Dr. Fohulz nor Dr. Goebbels nor any other
eyewitness knew anything about this mysterious boy.
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 159-160)
Widows, mothers, sweethearts, sisters, mourned the
deaths of sixteen comrades. [unreadable] He had beat
the head of those [unreadable] comrades, he had led
them into the fire; he had been the first to leave them
cravenly in the lurch. On his memory was imprinted an
agonized and unforgettable picture: two leaders, two
[unreadable], two directions--Ludendorff advancing to
the [unreadable], Hitler fleeing in a car. The prisoner
could [unreadable] with his comrades, his adversaries,
what the [unreadable] of his conduct. And he resolved
to rehabilitate himself by an act of desperation.
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 164)
[paragraph unreadable]
He presented a psychological report to the famous orator,
based on observation of the living subject: he described
Hitler as tactless, narrow-minded, tedious, at one time
brutal, at another sentimental, and in any case second-rate.
Hitler had given his word not to engage in a Putsch: he had
broken his word; he had admitted his fault and begged
Colonel von [unreadable] for forgiveness; "And no matter
how often Herr Hitler has stated that this is untrue, it is
what actually happened!"
Hitler could no longer contain himself. Aglow with
wounded vanity, he asked: "Was it the sentimental
or the brutal Hitler who begged for forgiveness?"
In the Bavarian Diet, the electors, rallied by the great
trial, gave the movement a fifth of all the seats; at one
stroke it became the second largest party. In the
Reichstag it secured 230 mandates, The recognition of
his impotence and the triumph
(Hitler-Heiden-p. 174)
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Hitler
by Konrad Heiden
(Part 3 of 4)