410. The Nazis in Power: The Night of Broken Glass (Part 7)
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Vengeance and Destruction
In January 1939, Hitler's mindset was driven by a sense of imminent vengeance, not only against external adversaries like the French and the Allies but also against perceived internal enemies, particularly the Jewish population. During a meeting with the Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister, he ominously claimed that any ensuing war would lead to the annihilation of Jews, linking this to historical grievances from 1918. On the sixth anniversary of his rise to power, he delivered a foreboding speech to the Reichstag, framing himself as a prophet whose predictions of Jewish domination would culminate in their destruction, should a world war occur. This rhetoric exemplified Hitler's intent to scapegoat Jews for societal tensions and foreshadowed his destructive plans against them.
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