SPEECH BY HITLER BEFORE THE REICHSTAG,
30 January 1939
[Quoted from the Voelkischer Beobachter, Munich Edition, Tuesday, 31 Jan. 1939.]
"On account of this intolerable provocation which had been aggravated by a truly infamous persecution and terrorization of our Germans there I had resolved to solve once and for all, and this time radically, the Sudetan German question. On May 28 I ordered (1) that preparations should be made for military action against this state by October 2. I ordered (2) the immense and accelerated expansion of our defensive front in the West."
Extract from a speech on the decision to prepare "military steps" to "solve the Sudeten-German question"
Authors
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Date: 31 January 1939
Literal Title: "Freedom and Bread" . . . Voelkischer Beobachter
Defendant: Joachim Ribbentrop, von
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2360
Citation: IMT (page 2338)
HLSL Item No.: 451899
Notes:The date of the speech is not stated; the extract was published on 31 January 1939.
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PS-2360: Speech by Hitler before the Reichstag on 30 January 1939 from Voelkischer Beobachter, Munich Edition. 31 January 1939:
Speech by Hitler before the Reichstag on 30 January 1937 from Voelkischer Beobachter, Munich Edition. 31 January 1939: