Adolf Hitler Speech: September 18 1922

Framing & Core Claims

Economics is “secondary.” Nations rise/fall by race and honor, not economics; economic ruin follows racial “disintegration.”

Internationalization = “Judaization.” Claims German destiny is controlled by “a few dozen Jewish bankers.”

Undermining concepts. Terms like democracy, majority, world conscience/solidarity/peace, international art allegedly sap race-consciousness and courage.

Primary enemy. “No salvation” until the Jew—the “bearer of disunion”—is rendered powerless.

Enumerated Demands (1–9)

Accountability for “November criminals.” No reconciliation; demands vengeance for WWI dead.

End “dishonoring” the nation. Gallows for alleged traitors/informers; public spaces to honor “heroes,” not Jews; public “truth” on war guilt.

Purge the state administration of party “rabble.”

Harsher fight against usury, with punishments equal to those for betraying the Fatherland.

“Great enlightenment” on the peace treaty (Versailles), pursued with “holy hatred.”

Expose “money-madness.” End lies masking Germany’s misfortune; reveal financial frauds to stiffen resolve.

Currency base from non-“German-blood” property. Expropriation of Jewish wealth to back a new currency.

Immediate expulsion of Jews who entered Germany since 1914, and of those deemed to have gained wealth via stock exchange “trickery” or shady deals.

Relieve housing scarcity “energetically”; suggests concentration camps for those (named as Jews like Eisner) who opposed POW repatriation—“people who so think must feel how life tastes” there.

Strategic Posture & Slogan

“Extremes must be fought by extremes.” Advocates radical countermeasures against “materialism/Jewish pestilence.”

Exclusive loyalty: Rejects “world” and “humanity”; asserts “the Fatherland—and only the Fatherland.”