Hitler

Apr

28

1942

Hitler seizes even greater powers

A portrait of Adolf Hitler from 1942. He had already seized direct personal command of he armed forces, now he took unlimited personal dictatorial power.

The concentration of hate has this time turned into utter madness. Not England or the USA or Russia – only in everything nothing but the Jew. Pay attention to the hide-and-seek and open threat. 11:59, but shall we live to see the end of the day?

Mar

15

1942

Hitler remembers German war dead

Hitler in relaxed mood with Spee, left and Field Marshal Keitel, right. February or March 1942.

It was becoming vitally important for him again to influence opinion with his speeches. in this discourse he described the fierceness of the Russian winter and the enormous difiiculties which our soldiers had had to overcome. But he praised the German fighting men, who, despite the violence of the enemy and the severe weather, had helped to keep the front solid.

Jan

30

1942

Hitler repeats his threat to kill the Jews

A portrait of Adolf Hitler taken in 1942

He repeated this announcement of his intentions on 30th January 1942, in a speech I also know of: The war would not end, as the Jews imagined, by the extinction of European-Aryan peoples, but it would result in the annihilation of the Jews. This repetition of his words of 30th January 1939 was not unique. He would often remind his entourage of the importance of this dictum.

Dec

11

1941

Hitler declares war on the USA

Adolf Hitler addresses the Reichstag on the 11th December 1941 after declaring war on the United States.

Today I am at the head of the strongest Army in the world, the most gigantic Air Force and of a proud Navy. Behind and around me stands the Party with which I became great and which has become great through me. The enemies I see before me are the same enemies as 20 years ago, but the path along which I look forward cannot be compared with that on which I look back.

Nov

30

1941

Hitler rants and raves over progress in Russia

Hitler continued to urge his Eastern Front commanders to advance even as it became obvious that that German army was ill prepared for the arctic conditions.

The Fuehrer is in a state of extreme agitation over the situation. … The interview appears to have been more than disagreeable, with the Fuehrer doing all the talking, pouring out reproaches and abuse, and shouting orders as fast as they came into his head. Regrettably, ObdH yielded to the Fuehrer’s insistence and has issued the order not to fall back to the aforementioned line in one move.

Nov

8

1941

Hitler boasts about Russian losses

Hitler discusses the Russian situation with Field Marshals Keitel (at right) and Walther von Brauchitsch, October 1941.

And, if I now assume that in Russia, as here with us, there are three to four wounded for every fatal casualty, then the result is an absolute loss of at least eight to ten million, without considering those only slightly wounded, who might be cured and put back into action. My party comrades, no army in the world can recover from this, not even the Russian.

Sep

9

1941

The ‘Final Solution’ approaches

The Nazi party published a weekly series of political statements - usually quotations from Hitler - as posters in elaborate calligraphy. They were displayed in Party offices as other public place. " For this week the statement was If the International Jewish Financiers again succeed in plunging the nations into a world war, the result will not be Jewish victory but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe."

If the International Jewish Financiers again succeed in plunging the nations into a world war, the result will not be Jewish victory but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe.
This was from a speech made by Hitler in January 1939 in which he made his most explicit public statement threatening the Jewish population in Europe.

May

5

1941

Hitler inspects the Bismarck

Hitler on an inspection tour of the Bismarck, 5th May 1941, with Captain Lindemann on his right and Admiral Lutjens behind.

He considered it an advantage that in the Bismaick, which was more powerful than the Scharnhorst class, he would no longer be forced to avoid well protected convoys. This, however, did not solve his most difficult problem: getting his force out into the Atlantic without being spotted by the enemy.

Apr

30

1941

Hitler’s Passport faked

The details page of the passport where Hitler's distinguishing feature is described as a 'small moustache'.

This was a demonstration of the skills of the forgery section of the Special Operations Executive who were responsible for running agents in occupied Europe. They were to develop huge expertise in the creation of a wide range of fake documentation used for personal identification.

Mar

16

1941

Hitler ‘England will fall’

Hitler reviewing a troop march past during the ceremony.

The German Army is now the strongest military instrument in our history. In the months of this Winter our allies bore the brunt of the whole power of the British attack, but from now on German forces again will resume their share of this load. No power and no support coming from any part of the world can change the outcome of this battle in any respect. England will fall. The everlasting Providence will not give victory to him who, merely with the object of ruling through his gold, is willing to spill the blood of men.

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