Give Adolf Hitler's speech with subtitles
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A. Speech at Munich on March 15, 1929
If men wish to live, then they are forced to kill others. The entire struggle for survival is a
conquest of the means of existence, which in turn results in the elimination of others from these
same sources of subsistence. As long as there are peoples on this earth, there will be nations
against nations and they will be forced to protect their vital rights in the same way as the
individual is forced to protect his rights.
One is either the hammer or the anvil. We confess that it is our purpose to prepare the
German people again for the role of the hammer. We admit freely and openly that if our
movement is victorious, we will be concerned day and night with the question of how to produce
the armed forces, which are forbidden us by the peace treaty [Treaty of Versailles]. We solemnly
confess that we consider everyone a scoundrel who does not try day and night to figure out a way
to violate this treaty, for we have never recognized this treaty...We will take every step which
strengthens our arms, which augments the number of our forces, and which increases the strength
of our people. We confess further that we will dash anyone to pieces who should dare hinder us
in this undertaking...Our rights will be protected only when the German Reich [country] is again
supported by the point of the German dagger...
B. Speech at Nuremberg, September 14, 1935
Nothing is possible unless one will commands, a will which has to be obeyed by others,
beginning at the top and ending only at the very bottom. This is the expression of an
authoritarian state – not of a weak, babbling democracy – of an authoritarian state where
everyone is proud to obey, because he knows: I will likewise be obeyed when I must take
command.
C. Speech in Austria, April 9, 1938
To justify the annexation of Austria, Hitler called for a public vote on whether the unification should stand. This is
an excerpt from a speech he gave on April 9, 1938, the day before the vote. As Hitler points out in his speech, he
himself was born, and grew up, in Austria.
When one day we shall be no more, then the coming generations shall be able to look
back with pride upon this day, the day on which a great Volk affirmed the German community.
In the past, millions of German men shed their blood for this Reich. How merciful a fate to be
allowed to create this Reich today without a suffering. Now, rise, German Volk, subscribe to it,
hold it tightly in your hands! I wish to thank Him who allowed me to return to my homeland so
that I could return it to my German Reich! May every German realize the importance of the hour
tomorrow, assess it and then bow his head in reverence before the will of the Almighty who has
wrought this miracle in all of us within these past few weeks.
Vocabulary:
Volk: Folk. Hitler used this word to refer to the all Germans in the world
Reich: Kingdom. This is the word Hitler used to refer to the country of Germany.
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