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41.	Summary of Hitler’s Meeting with the Heads of the Armed Services on November 5, 1937 (Hossbach Protocol of November 10, 1937) On November 5, 1937, Hitler and the most important representatives of the military leadership held a secret conference at the Berlin Reich Chancellery. During this meeting, Hitler outlined his foreign....
42.	Guidelines for Teaching History (1938) The education of children and young people in the National Socialist spirit meant that school curricula had to conform to the ideological foundations of the Nazi regime. Initially, this necessitated....
43.	Werner von Fritsch Reflects on the Relationship between the SS and the Wehrmacht (February 1, 1938) When Hitler revealed his war plans at a secret conference with military leaders on November 5, 1937, at least three of those present were more concerned than enthusiastic. Foreign Minister Konstantin....
44.	The Sopade Report on the Mood among Workers (September 1938) Hitler understood that a general economic upswing – and the drop in unemployment that would follow –....
45.	The Munich Agreement (September 29, 1938) Czechoslovakia’s favorable strategic position made it a promising stepping stone on the way to Hitler’s desired eastward expansion. Acting on Hitler’s orders, Minister of War Werner....
46.	Stenographic Report of a Portion of the Interministerial Meeting at the Reich Aviation Ministry [Reichsluftfahrtministerium] (November 12, 1938) The terrifying excesses of violence and destruction committed on Kristallnacht drew protest within....
47.	American Consul Samuel Honaker's Description of Anti-Semitic Persecution and Kristallnacht and its Aftereffects in the Stuttgart Region (November 12 and November 15, 1938) During its first years in power, the Nazi regime sought to avoid criticism from both the international community and the general German population. To this end, it tried to contain street violence....
48.	Frau Marion Beyme's Memories of Marburg and Berlin during the Third Reich (Retrospective account dating from the early 1990s) Historians have long been preoccupied with the social basis of the Nazi regime, especially as it pertained to the implementation of the National Socialists’ most radical social and racial policies.....
49.	Excerpts from Hitler’s Speech before the first "Greater German Reichstag" (January 30, 1939) With the dawning of the year 1939, Germany’s war preparations in the areas of armaments, economics, and diplomacy entered into their critical end phase. These preparations were also accompanied by....
50.	Hitler’s Secret Speech to Military Commanders (February 10, 1939) In this secret speech to military commanders on February 10, 1939, Hitler explained that all of the diplomatic and military maneuvering of the previous years was part of his long-established plan....
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