Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Hitler's Final Speech

Hitler's final speech has many words, but very litle content. Much of it consists of romanticized portrayals of militarism, the Nazi Party (of which he never actually specifically states party objectives), the German youth and their "inheritance", and the eternal qualities of the Reich. Hitler continues in the glorification of the Nazi Party by likening it to a "Holy Order", granting the party universal doctrinal power and adding to the eternal qualities on which he espouses. Probably the most egregious sentiment lies in the generalization of the German people's support of the party. Hitler acts as if the country is now perfectly unified in its objectives (again objectives he never actually states) and ready to remove the things which have been "proven bad" to German society. The speech is equal in vapidity and passionate rhetoric; a masterpiece of propaganda.

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