Yes, it was known to be impenetrable in the German Reich, but Germans thought it looked nice on their shelves and would occasionally read a two-sentence passage from it. Giggling optional.
Hitler wrote it by pacing up and down in his prison cell ranting while Goebbels Rudolph Heß took notes (or recorded it, but I don’t remember if he had a tape recorder, and didn’t have a steganographer AFAIK. So yeah it smacks of radicalized old man ramblings much like Trump’s rally speeches.
This is incorrect. Hitler didn’t even meet Goebbels before 1925, people assumed he dictated to Rudolf Heß. It could also be that he wrote it himself on a typewriter.
Both men were incarcerated in Landsberg Prison, where Hitler soon began work on his memoir, Mein Kampf (“My Struggle”), which he dictated to fellow prisoners Hess and Emil Maurice. --Wikipedia on Rudolph Heß
You got it right. My reference was a past read of The Devil’s Disciples: Hitler’s Inner Circle by Anthony Read, and I forgot which specific dude was at the typewriter.
Yes, it was known to be impenetrable in the German Reich, but Germans thought it looked nice on their shelves and would occasionally read a two-sentence passage from it. Giggling optional.
Hitler wrote it by pacing up and down in his prison cell ranting while
GoebbelsRudolph Heß took notes (or recorded it, but I don’t remember if he had a tape recorder, and didn’t have a steganographer AFAIK. So yeah it smacks of radicalized old man ramblings much like Trump’s rally speeches.This is incorrect. Hitler didn’t even meet Goebbels before 1925, people assumed he dictated to Rudolf Heß. It could also be that he wrote it himself on a typewriter.
Both men were incarcerated in Landsberg Prison, where Hitler soon began work on his memoir, Mein Kampf (“My Struggle”), which he dictated to fellow prisoners Hess and Emil Maurice. --Wikipedia on Rudolph Heß
You got it right. My reference was a past read of The Devil’s Disciples: Hitler’s Inner Circle by Anthony Read, and I forgot which specific dude was at the typewriter.