Germany after World War I found itself a Republic and a democracy. Neither of which its people wanted. This was all new and all came out of what happened at the end of the First World War and was forced on the Germans by the victorious allies. If you were a German back in those critical days, the first thing the returning German soldiers from the trenches did was to be paraded through the streets of Berlin, as if in a victory parade. The mayor made a public speech telling them that they were returning undefeated. Today we’re used to lies from our leaders and activist groups but perhaps they weren’t so used to them back in 1919. Some people will tell you that no harm can come from that sort of lie that helps, unjustifiably, to build up your self-esteem. Don’t believe them. Did Germany need a new leader with vision to take it to its true destiny?

Tag words: German Workers Party; Nazi Party; Hitler; Weimar Republic; Paul von Hindenberg; Heinrich Brüning; Kurt von Schleicher; Franz von Papen; Villeroy & Boch; Joachim von Ribbentrop; Annelise Henkell; Gregor Strasser; Ernst Röhm;