![]() How did he get there and why? The answer to that question is important, because the book deals with the events which brought the author into this plight and because he wrote under the emotional stress caused by the historical happenings of the time. The first volume of Mein Kampf was written while the author was imprisoned in a Bavarian fortress. In placing before the reader this unabridged translation of Adolf Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf, I feel it my duty to call attention to certain historical facts which must be borne in mind if the reader would form a fair judgment of what is written in this extraordinary work. So I dedicate the first volume of this work to them as a common memorial, that the memory of those martyrs may be a permanent source of light for the followers of our Movement. So−called national officials refused to allow the dead heroes a common burial. Wolf, Wilhelm, Merchant, born October 19th, 1898 Stransky, Lorenz Ritter von, Engineer, born March 14th, 1899 Rickmers, Johann, retired Cavalry Captain, born May 7th, 1881 Pfordten, Theodor von der, Councillor to the Superior Provincial Court, born May 14th, 1873 Pape, Claus von, Merchant, born August 16th, 1904 Neubauer, Kurt, Waiter, born March 27th, 1899 ![]() ![]() Laforce, Karl, Student of Engineering, born October 28th, 1904 Kuhn, Karl, Head Waiter, born July 25th, 1897 Koerner, Oskar, Merchant, born January 4th, 1875 Hechenberger, Anton, Locksmith, born September 28th, 1902 May these two volumes therefore serve as the building stones which I contribute to the joint work.Īt half−past twelve in the afternoon of November 9th, 1923, those whose names are given below fell in front of the Feldherrnhalle and in the forecourt of the former War Ministry in Munich for their loyal faith in the resurrection of their people:Īlfarth, Felix, Merchant, born July 5th, 1901īauriedl, Andreas, Hatmaker, born May 4th, 1879Ĭasella, Theodor, Bank Official, born August 8th, 1900Įhrlich, Wilhelm, Bank Official, born August 19th, 1894įaust, Martin, Bank Official, born January 27th, 1901 Nevertheless, in order to produce more equality and uniformity in the defence of any doctrine, its fundamental principles must be committed to writing. ![]() I know that fewer people are won over by the written word than by the spoken word and that every great movement on this earth owes its growth to great speakers and not to great writers. In this work I turn not to strangers but to those followers of the Movement whose hearts belong to it and who wish to study it more profoundly. This has also given me the opportunity of describing my own development in so far as such a description is necessary to the understanding of the first as well as the second volume and to destroy the legendary fabrications which the Jewish Press have circulated about me. There is more to be learned from this than from any purely doctrinaire treatise. So I decided to devote two volumes to a description not only of the aims of our Movement but also of its development. On April 1st, 1924, I began to serve my sentence of detention in the Fortress of Landsberg am Lech, following the verdict of the Munich People’s Court of that time.Īfter years of uninterrupted labour it was now possible for the first time to begin a work which many had asked for and which I myself felt would be profitable for the Movement. ![]()
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