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| C. Contemporaneous Documents | |
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TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT D-203 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 734 |
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| EXTRACTS FROM A
REPORT OF SPEECHES BY HITLER AND GOERING TO GERMAN INDUSTRIALISTS ON 20 FEBRUARY 1933, FOUND IN GUSTAV KRUPP'S FILE "PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE 1933-34"* |
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| With the year 1918, an entire
system collapsed. That it had to come about was often predicted, also by
economic leaders, especially Geheimrat Kirdorf. The revolution which the year
1918 brought us was only conditional. In any case it did not bring about the
revolution such as in Russia, but only a new school of thought which slowly
initiated the dissolution of the existing order. Bismarck's statement —
"Liberalism is the pacemaker of social democracy" is now scientifically
established and proved for us. A given school of thought — thought
direction — can unsuspectedly lead towards the dissolution of the
foundation of the state. In our country also, a new direction of thought has
gained ground which slowly led to internal disruption and became the pacemaker
of bolshevism. Private enterprise cannot be maintained in the age of democracy; it is conceivable only if the people have a sound idea of authority and personality. Everything positive, good and valuable, which has been achieved in the world in the field of economics and culture, is solely attributable to personality. When, however, the defense of this existing order, its political administration, is left to a majority it will irretrievably go under. All the worldly goods which we possess, we owe to the struggle of the chosen. |
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| With the very same courage with which we go to make up for what had been sinned during the last 14 years, we have withstood all attempts to move us off the right way. We have turned down the benevolence of the Catholic Center Party [Zentrum] to tolerate us. Hugenberg has too small a movement. He has only considerably slowed down our development. We must first gain complete power if we want to crush the other side completely. As long as one still gains power, one should not start fighting the opponent. Only when one knows that one has reached the pinnacle of power, that there is no further possible upward development, should one strike. In Prussia we must gain another 10 | |
* Complete document is reproduced in the I. G. Farben case (United states vs Carl Krauch et al., Case 6, vols. VII and VIII this series) where it was received in evidence as Document , D-203, Prosecution Exhibit 37.
