Wednesday, November 25, 2009

IRL8

http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Digital_Documents/Holocaust/HitlerWillGeneralIntelligence.pdf
This is a United States' record of Hitler's will, and I am specifically looking at the My Political Statement section. I think this source is one of the best way's to get an idea of what Hitler thought about his rule as a single party state, from his last words. It indicates what caused his rise, what accomplishments did he consider significant during his rule, what has really been going through his mind that would cause him to make the decisions he did. I had no idea that he actually held the Jews responsible for everything, I always thought he simply selected them as a common enemy to unite the people, but this document definitely supports the idea that Hitler genuinely held the Jewish population responsible for everything. Also, he provides some insight into his negotiations with England and the fact that he found the systematic killing of the Holocaust more humane than war. He really thought that after all this Germany was going to go down in history as a glorious nation. My limitations are possible tampering or censorship of the document by the US government and the fact that Hitler may have intended his will to portray Germany a little more gloriously than it actually was because this is his final will and testament.

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