The Demogogic Orator, Ludecke

• Kurt G. W. Ludecke , an early supporter of Hitler, who later broke with the Nazis, describes Hitler's ability to mesmerize his audience
• "When the nazis marched into the Koenigsplatz with banners flying, their bands playing stirring German marches, they were greeted with tremendous cheers
• Nazi popularity grew partly due to Hitler's power as an orator to play on the dissatisfaction of postwar German Germans with the Weimar Republic
• Hitler was a charismatic and emotional leader who could captivate an audience with no trouble
• Hitler pledges his undying love for the Fatherland
• "Germany must be free!" was his final defiant slogan
• "Deutschland Erwache!" "Germany Awake!
• "I do not know how to describe the emotions that swept over me...His words were like a scourge"
• no one who had heard Hitler could doubt that he was the man of destiny, the vitalizing force in the future of Germany