Adolf Hitler Speech: May 1st 1923

1) Recasting May Day

Turns May 1 into a symbol of national “renewal” (youth/vigor) rather than labor internationalism.

Claims internationalism = senility/decay; true cultural value comes from a single people, not from international currents.

Blames Jews for promoting internationalism.

2) Mission of National Socialism

Portrays the movement as the force to reverse “autumn/decay” and bring a new springtime to Germany.

Rejects moderation: “fanatics, not tight-rope dancers of moderation.”

3) The triad: Love, Faith, Hope (redefined)

Love: jealous, exclusive love of the Fatherland—no other “idol” beside it; absolute loyalty to those who share it, fanatical hatred for those who “play tricks” with it.

Faith: unwavering belief in the rights of the German people and in victory through fanatic commitment.

Hope: certainty that Germany will become great again.

4) Anti-pluralism & stance toward governments

Condemns “two-faced” governments that look both Right and Left.

Demands binary clarity (“either love or hate”), not coalition/compromise politics.

5) Anti-internationalism & antisemitism

Says the nation’s spirit and economy must be freed from “infection” by internationalism.

Links internationalism to Jewish influence; contrasts with a “national creative will.”

6) Expansionist end state & symbols

Envisions a Reich stretching “from Königsberg to Strasbourg, and from Hamburg to Vienna.”

Future Reich’s emblem: the swastika—explicitly replacing the Soviet star and the Star of David.

7) Tone & method

Emotive, absolutist framing (love/hatred; youth/senility; nation/international).

Calls for fanatical unity and will as the engine of national rebirth.