- 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
Thursday, April 14, 2011
The Demogogic Orator, Ludecke
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