"Hitler's Table Talk" Study Hour: Episode 42
Jan. 15, 2015
Ray Goodwin and Carolyn Yeager read and comment on the June 28-July 3, 1942 lunch and dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by aide Henry Picker. 1h22m. Included in this episode:
- The Danube is a German River that needs be under the control of Germany for the "new Europe" to work;
- The welding together of Europe has not been accomplished by statesmen, but by force of arms;
- Hitler says war is the current inspiration for artists, and questions the value of the academies for art training;
- Responsibility of the family for individual members' bad behavior - Japanese are a model;
- A warning about half-castes, that Germany cannot afford to burden its blood-stream with foreign elements;
- Collapse of British domination in Egypt - Hitler correctly predicts their propaganda will downplay it;
- The fall of Sebastopol brings comments on the Turks and Japanese, who are cunning diplomats;
- Hitler compliments the Habsburg monarchy for upholding the Pan-Germanic ideal, and calls Jean d'Arc a great heroine in the cause for freedom;
- As predicted, Britain writes off the loss of Egypt, saying it's a bigger difficulty for the German High Command than for themselves;
- Churchill survives a censure motion in Parliament.







