"Hitler's Table Talk" Study Hour: Episode 30

Unity Mitford, of the famous English Mitford sisters, seated at table next to Hitler in Bayreuth, Germany in 1936. Hitler says in this episode he liked best dining with pretty women.

Ray Goodwin and Carolyn Yeager read and comment on the March 7-24, 1942 dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by trusted aides. On March 21st the note-taker switches from Heinrich Heim to Henry Picker. 1hr36min. Included in this episode:

• Jealousy among women explained as result of prehistoric period when female protection depended on one man;

• Hitler compares men and women to the detriment of women at 3 different mealtimes;

• Hitler on smoking and why/when he quit the habit-(Who knew he had ever smoked?!);

• Questions of the Wehrmacht, private property vs the State, lotteries and gambling, Capitalism and monopolies;

• Stafford Cripps a more threatening figure than Churchill to the health of the British Empire;

• The disastrous influence of Jews on the Arts--the genuine artist and the fake.

The edition of Hitler's Table Talk being used was translated by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens, published by Enigma Books, New York, and can be found as a pdf here.