Adolf Hitler Quotes


Do you believe that the German middle class, this flower of the intelligentsia, would refuse to serve us and put their minds at our disposal?... We will do what we like with the German middle class.


Context

Hitler was partially right. Many of the best and accomplished minds in Germany, Jewish and not, left the country when he came into power. However most stayed and when Hitler was successful they went along with the Nazi winners and “put their minds at the disposal” of the Third Reich.


Citations

Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Fuhrer of the 3rd German Reich, Response to a reporter who asked him where he would get the people with intellect and education to run Germany if he took over when he was so unpopular with the middle class—especially the intelligentsia with whom he was not popular. 1931

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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
  • Born: April 20, 1889
  • Died: April 30, 1945
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Politician

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust, the genocide of about 6 million Jews and millions of other victims.