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May 22, 2014
Joseph Goebbels on his wedding day in Dec. 1931, with Magda's 10 yr. old son walking beside him. Hitler, walking behind dressed in coat and hat, was best man. The Church put Goebbels under a ban for marrying a Protestant, but he still had to pay the church tax.
Carolyn Yeager and Ray Goodwin read and comment on the October 24-30th, 1941 dinner table conversation and monologues by the German Leader, taken down in shorthand by trusted aide, attorney Heinrich Heim. Topics included in this episode:
- Religion and the Church versus science;
- The beauties of the Ancient World and the destruction of antiquity and the past;
- The fate of Europe's Jews for their responsibility in bringing on war;
- Vision of a strong and great Europe with the addition of Ukraine;
- Thoughts on motorized war, the qualities of Croatians, National-Socialism, training of teachers, the art and culture of Paris;
- A number of distinguished guests were present at these meals.
The edition of Hitler's Table Talk being used was translated by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens, published by Enigma Books, New York, and can be found as a pdf here.