"Hitler's Table Talk" Study Hour: Episode 51

Published by carolyn on Fri, 2015-03-20 00:44
 
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March 19, 2015

"If Stalin had been given another 10 or 15 years, Russia would have become the mightiest State in the world." -Adolf Hitler


Carolyn Yeager and Ray Goodwin read and comment on the Aug. 25-28, 1942 lunch and dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by aide, attorney Heinrich Heim. 1h21m. Included in this episode:

  • Schacht the Freemason - more individual responsibility - overcoming crises - French & Italians, Swiss, Swedes and Danes;
  • Stalin has remade Russia - British hesitancy to advance - Peace of Westphalia - benefits from Dieppe raid - railroads beat river traffic but Danube will be great traffic artery;
  • Resources of Ukraine and Crimea -Spain and Latin bloc - Russian powers of resistance - Charles Martel prevented Germans becoming Muslim - Hungarians and Austrians - Budapest most beautiful city in Europe;
  • Air raids and anti-artilliary guns - New weapons must be given a fair chance.

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

Comments

Thank you Carolyn and Ray. Another great program in the bag - I listened twice.
 

You give a good recommendation!