Chapter no 10
NSFrame2 CHAPTER X WHY THE SECOND REICH COLLAPSED The depth of a fall is always measured by the difference between the level of the original position from which a body has fallen and that in which it is now found. The same holds good for Nations and States. The matter of greatest importance here is […]
Chapter no 9
NSFrame2 CHAPTER IX THE GERMAN LABOUR PARTY One day I received an order from my superiors to investigate the nature of an association which was apparently political. It called itself The German Labour Party and was soon to hold a meeting at which Gottfried Feder would speak. I was ordered to attend this meeting and […]
Chapter no 8
NSFrame2 CHAPTER VIII THE BEGINNING OF MY POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Towards the end of November I returned to Munich. I went to the depot of my regiment, which was now in the hands of the Soldiers Councils. As the whole administration was quite repulsive to me, I decided to leave it as soon as I possibly […]
Chapter no 7
NSFrame2 CHAPTER VII THE REVOLUTION In 1915 the enemy started his propaganda among our soldiers. From 1916 onwards it steadily became more intensive, and at the beginning of 1918 it had swollen into a storm flood. One could now judge the effects of this proselytizing movement step by step. Gradually our soldiers began to think […]
Chapter no 6
NSFrame2 CHAPTER VI WAR PROPAGANDA In watching the course of political events I was always struck by the active part which propaganda played in them. I saw that it was an instrument, which the Marxist Socialists knew how to handle in a masterly way and how to put it to practical uses. Thus I soon […]
Chapter no 5
NSFrame2 CHAPTER V THE WORLD WAR During the boisterous years of my youth nothing used to damp my wild spirits so much as to think that I was born at a time when the world had manifestly decided not to erect any more temples of fame except in honour of business people and State officials. […]
Chapter no 4
NSFrame2 CHAPTER IV MUNICH At last I came to Munich, in the spring of 1912. The city itself was as familiar to me as if I had lived for years within its walls. This was because my studies in architecture had been constantly turning my attention to the metropolis of German art. One must know […]
Chapter no 3
NSFrame2 CHAPTER III POLITICAL REFLECTIONS ARISING OUT OF MY SOJOURN IN VIENNA Generally speaking a man should not publicly take part in politics before he has reached the age of thirty, though, of course, exceptions must be made in the case of those who are naturally gifted with extraordinary political abilities. That at least is […]
Chapter no 2
NSFrame2 CHAPTER II YEARS OF STUDY AND SUFFERING IN VIENNA When my mother died my fate had already been decided in one respect. During the last months of her illness I went to Vienna to take the entrance examination for the Academy of Fine Arts. Armed with a bulky packet of sketches, I felt convinced […]
Chapter no 1
NSFrame2 CHAPTER I IN THE HOME OF MY PARENTS It has turned out fortunate for me to-day that destiny appointed Braunau-on-the-Inn to be my birthplace. For that little town is situated just on the frontier between those two States the reunion of which seems, at least to us of the younger generation, a task to […]