Chapter 61: History Will Declare Me Innocent!
Ps: The first shift of the day, there is something temporary tonight, it is possible that the second shift will not come out or is late, I'm very sorry......
"The significance and purpose of this revolution was by no means to simply overthrow the Weimar regime, but to awaken the pride in the hearts of the German people, to awaken the pride of the German nation in its unwillingness to be humiliated, and to reinvigorate the confidence of the German nation...... Yes, we did fight with government forces, and at one point repelled the supposedly elite Berlin garrison, which was made up of the best of the Second Reich army - was it because we were better equipped than our opponents? Is it because we are better than our opponents in training? Is it because we have an overwhelming numerical advantage? Neither! We are not facing the iron-blooded German army that is running across Europe at all! ”
Hitler waved his hands excitedly: "The only major difference is that we are fighting for the future and future of Germany, for the proud name of Germany, for our ideals and beliefs, and when we think of the Franco-Belgian forces entrenched in the Ruhr area, when we think of the German economy that collapsed in the crisis, and when we think of the German people who are struggling in abject poverty, we have infinite motivation to fight!" And our opponents, who came to fight purely because of some order, did not have the pride to defend their homeland and country, did not have a sense of urgency to restore national confidence, did not have a sense of honor to defeat the enemy, they lost their souls! Only an army with a soul is worthy of the glorious name of Germany! ”
"Wow!" Warm and sustained applause......
Before the public trial on March 15, the court had already brought to trial the leading members of the Munich riot, including Ludendorff and Hitler, and as Contini had expected, with his genius and demonic voice, Hitler shone brightly in the courtroom, not shying away from talking about the insurrection, but skillfully associating the whole motive with the revival of Germany and the salvation of the German people. With that genius oratory, he succeeded in portraying himself as a revolutionary, a revolutionary who fought for the future of the German people!
Because of this cover, Ludendorff quickly escaped and was acquitted – he cleared his suspicions and the last trace of contact with the German revolution, and the veteran finally retired and disappeared from the political scene.
Strassell, who had always opposed violent revolution, was soon released due to lack of evidence, like most of the other key cadres, and he could not have imagined that Hitler, who was not released, would gain all his prestige!
Hitler's eloquent speech captivated and infected the judges in charge of the trial, who were slowly brainwashed into sympathetic attitudes, and later gave him enough time to give a speech and, on the advice of the Bavarian Minister of the Interior, gave him the unique right to interrupt witnesses at any time.
According to the instructions of the Weimar government, the court was ready to convict Hitler of treason, but in fact he was not treason, he should be treasonous against the government, and if you find a clever lawyer, you can completely refute it.
Knowing that the verdict had been decided, Hitler did not bother to find fault in these details, and even less did he want his lawyer to defend him and steal the limelight, but proclaimed: "Treason? Very good! Can this capitulating, weak, and repressive, brutal and brutal government now represent Germany? Can you represent the proud, proud, mighty and calm Germany? I think sooner or later this government will be overthrown, and if it does not die, Germany will die! ”
The scene erupted in thunderous applause, and even the Wehrmacht soldiers, who were witnesses, stood up and applauded - regardless of Sickert, the key officers of the Wehrmacht were also anti-Weimar, and Hitler's words spoke for themselves! The judge even forgot to shake the bell to maintain order.
This trial greatly played on Hitler's genius speech, which allowed him to capture a large number of fans, especially many female fans, and many women rushed up to Hitler at each court session to present flowers and call him a hero. With the exception of a few controlled by Albert, the mainstream German press agreed with Hitler's views, and even the reporters printed all of his speeches under the name "Trial"—who judged whom? It looks more like a National Socialist trial of the government.
On March 15, the Bavarian District Court held its last session and sentenced Adolf Hitler to 18 years in prison for treason and armed assault on state organs.
This is of course the established model, but the original sentence "no parole" was directly deleted by the judges who sympathized with Hitler, and Albert was speechless when he heard it, and it was too ugly to directly intervene in the judiciary.
Hitler scoffed at this, and in his final statement after the verdict was pronounced, the defendant made an extremely emotional statement: "It is not this tribunal that can judge me, but the eternal tribunal of history!" That tribunal would not convict a German who was willing to die for his country. You can convict me a thousand times and ten thousand times, but the eternal tribunal of history will only laugh it off and tear it to shreds. For he knows that I am innocent. A man who fights for the German people is innocent! ”
The scene after the verdict was even more shocking: when Hitler boarded the prisoner van escorted by the bailiffs back to the prison where he had been held, there were 40,000 Berliners standing on both sides of the road with banners and slogans to demonstrate their support and support.
"Long live Adolf Hitler!"
"Long live the national heroes!"
The cheers were so fierce that a tearful Hitler had to frequently reach out from the prison cart to salute his supporters, which was then exchanged for even louder applause and cheers.
In the words of a journalist: which prisoner is ready to serve his sentence? This is clearly a politician meeting his supporters! Hitler lost the verdict, but won in popular opinion!
Rumor has it that a wealthy sympathizer in Italy threw a fortune in it: every Berliner who stood in the street and shouted slogans was rewarded with $1, which is why so many people came to greet Hitler.
This sentence is not far from the truth, before Contini left, he found the backbone of the National Socialist Party who had escaped and gave them 100,000 US dollars to set up the scene and maintain the team, and the Weimar government did not order the dissolution of the National Socialist Party for some reason. Strassell was clearly unreliable, Contini didn't believe him, and the rest of the backbone he didn't know well, but in the end it was Martin Bowman who volunteered to organize a cheering ceremony to resist the verdict – not simply handing out $1, of course, which would be too clumsy. Bauman's organisational talent is good, which Contini believes, and the latter admires Contini – he knows all too well the energy of this domineering president.
All the Berliners interviewed angrily refuted this view, and one excitedly said: "1 dollar? Mr. Journalist, do you think that the act of us standing here and cheering for national heroes is worth only 1 dollar? In your eyes, the pride and nobility of Germany is worth only 1 dollar? This inevitably takes Germany too lightly, and inevitably takes us too lightly! ”
When he saw the news, Contini had completed the acquisition of the pile of "German rags" in the French warehouse and returned to China, Antonio sighed: "Young master, I suddenly feel that you still see this Mr. Hitler's vision very accurately, although he failed this time, but although he is still honored!" What's more, not many people in Germany knew about Hitler before, but now he is a household name and has a high approval rating, which is the most important asset of a politician, and I suddenly feel that he will do a lot in the future. Our investment will not be wasted casually. ”
Contini smiled and said: "Let's take it one step at a time, we are still based on Italy itself...... Money doesn't matter, you can make money when you run out, and the U.S. stock market is very good."
But I was thinking in my heart: these tens of millions of dollars are worth spent, with the resounding names of Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, and Bauman, it is enough to blow up the whole world in 15 years, and countless people will tremble at that time!