Adolf Hitler's Day in Court (Part 8)
Real Dictators
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Hitler and the Putch
Hitler is given card blanch by Judge Nighthart. The court had never yet shown itself to be on any side but that of the defendants. His opening statement alone lasts for four hours. There is not a shred of anti-Semitism, which ordinarily works its way into every utterance. Hitler will be damned if some general is going to steal his thunder. It was he who called the shots in the putch. He was its leader. And a magnanimous one at that.
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