Chapter 865: Full Reign

In 1934, the U.S. stock market was hit by the biggest boom since the economic crisis.

At the same time German Chancellor Adolf. The moment has finally come for Hitler to take full power in Germany!

As early as Hitler's failed trip to Italy, the Führer had promised Mussolini to respect Austria's independence.

That's a pretty big concession. Because the "union" of his own homeland into Germany in order to establish Greater Germany was one of his most important goals.

Despite this promise, his own SS did not cease to provide financial and moral aid to the Nazis in Austria. The Austrian Nazis engaged in terrorist activities, blowing up railways and power stations with German explosives, and murdering Engelbert with German weapons. Supporters of Prime Minister Taulfis.

Ironically, the diminutive Taulfis was a nationalist and an authoritarian reactionary. He countered Nazism and socialism by terminating the parliamentary government. Earlier that year, Taulfis had suppressed a leftist uprising, shelling socialists who had occupied the building of a property development company until they surrendered.

Since then, he has focused on the elimination of the local Nazis. Mussolini's pledge to contain Hitler and prevent him from retaliating added fuel to the fire of Taulfis's repression of the Nazis.

In the aftermath of the Roma incident, legends abound. The Nazis in Austria may have taken direct action inspired by legend. More likely, this was approved by Hitler, although there is no evidence to prove it.

In any case, they suddenly launched an uprising on June 25, codenamed "Operation Summer Festival". Around noon, 150 Nazi commandos dressed in Austrian uniforms stormed the chancellery on Balhaus Square in an attempt to arrest Taulfis and his advisers. But due to the leaks, all but two members of the cabinet fled, but the brave Taulfis remained. He was shot in the throat, and the bullet was fired from a distance of 6 inches. While he lay unheeded in a pool of blood, other rebels radioed the lie that he had resigned.

When news of the uprising reached Berlin, it was welcomed by the officers. The German Press Bureau drew up a statement to the effect that the people had justly carried out the uprising.

"The inevitable happened. The German people in Austria rose up against their oppressors, prisoners and executioners. ”

Hitler, who was attending the Wagner celebrations in White, pretended to be indifferent at first when he heard the news, but later in the afternoon he worried about the possible repercussions of the uprising. Would Mussolini suspect that he would have spoken for himself and used his superior forces?

That night, Hitler and Wagner's family members appeared in his box to watch a performance of "Gold on the Rhine."

But it is doubtful whether he was happy to see it, for Schaub and Bruckner, who were hiding in the living room listening to the telephone, relayed the contents of the communiqué to his ear, and one of the communiqués disturbed him: Mussolini had ordered the build-up of infantry and aircraft on the border in order to carry out his promise to aid Austria.

By the time the curtain fell, it was clear that the Vienna uprising was failing. When Hitler returned to Wagner's home, the young Friedlin found him "restless" and a little inaccurate.

His main purpose seems to be to get to the nearby Actors' Restaurant, mingle with celebrities, and create the impression that the defeat of the Nazis in Austria had nothing to do with him.

Later that evening, news came from Berlin that Chancellor Tauerphes had died at 6 p.m. but that the rebellion had been forced to cease. Hitler hurriedly called Wilhelmstrasse and asked State Secretary Brau for details. Brau replied that when Minister Ritter, the German representative in Austria, was negotiating for the safe transport of the arrested murderers to the German border, Hitler shouted that it had nothing to do with him as a mediator. …,

At 11 p.m., the Führer called Blau again to find out more about the arrested insurgents. "Reich Chancellor," Brau wrote in an official memorandum, "replied that the deported conspirators could be placed in custody and then transferred to a concentration camp." ”

Hitler was desperate and had to turn to Papen for help to replace Ritter. Papen disagreed, but Hitler insisted on his opinion and prayed to him in the name of patriotism. At the very least, Bapen could have talked about it. Why can't you fly to Bellette on the Führer's plane? Unable to resist the Führer's repeated insistence, he took off from the Tamberhof airport with his son the next morning.

Baben was upset on the way to the south!

With so many people, why did Hitler only look for him? Was it because he had opposed the terrorist activities of the Austrian Nazi underground, or was it because Taulfith had a personal relationship with him?

Upon arrival, Papen found that the Führer was irritated to the point of hysteria, constantly denouncing the stupidity and recklessness of the Austrian Nazi Party, and that he had been involved in such a photographable situation.

At first, Hitler rejected Papen's acceptance terms: to dismiss his man from his post as instructor of the Austrian Nazi Party. But when Papen proposed a choice between "him and me", Hitler relented. Bapen accepted the position.

In the living room, he ran into an old friend, Hegama. Sahit. He was the Governor of the Imperial Bank and was the next person to meet the Führer. He was also given an important position as Minister of Economic Affairs. Sahite was dissatisfied with the progress of the empire, especially with the expansion of the recent purge. But like Barben, he convinced himself that he should accept the position in order to help the Empire.

"There is only one possibility of working from the inside out, using every activity of the government to fight against the excesses of this system and to put its policies on the right track."

Like Papen, he announced that he was in temporary office. His condition was expressed in the form of a question: "Before I take office, I want to know what you want me to do with the Jewish question?" ”

"In economic matters," said Hitler, who was a steerer of the wind, "the Jews can go on as they have always been." With the help of Papen in diplomacy and the hand of Sahitt in speeding up armaments, Hitler felt that he could survive the foreign criticism caused by the murder of Taurfis.

The most powerful attack was Mussolini. He not only called Austrian Vice Chancellor Ernst. Ludiger. Feng. Stachmburg, who said that Italy would fight for the independence of Austria, went to Vienna to express this sentiment in person.

"If this country of murderers and sodomites ravages Europe, then the whole of European civilization will be finished," he told Stachmburg. He then attacked Hitler for instigating the Viennese rebellion. According to Stachmburg, he was so excited that his eyes were rolling.

"Hitler was the culprit in the murder of Taulfis. Hitler was a sinner and was to blame for this. He called Hitler a "horrible sexual degenerate, a dangerous fool"; Nazism is said to be "a revolution in which the old Germanic tribes fought against the Latin civilization of Rome in the primeval forest." ”

Nazism simply cannot be compared with fascism.

"Of course, there are similarities in appearance. Both are autocratic, both are collectivist and socialist. Both systems are opposed to liberalism. However, the fascist regime was deeply ingrained in the great cultural traditions of the Italian people. Fascism recognizes individual rights, religion, and the family. National Socialism, on the other hand, was brutal barbarism. Like the barbarian crowd, it does not give rights to the individual, and the chieftain dictates the life and death of his people. All it can produce is burning, killing, looting and blackmail. He shouted: "The terrible and abominable scene that Hitler performed to the world on June 30 cannot be tolerated by any country in the world." Only these primitive Germans, who were ready to kill, could tolerate such a thing! He went on to say that there might be some benefit to the killing of Taulfis. The Great Powers may be able to recognize the danger of Germany and form a grand coalition against Hitler. …,

The United Front, he said, was the only answer. "Hitler will arm Germany and wage war - perhaps in two or three years. I can't deal with him alone. We need to do something, and we need to do it quickly. ”

Motrini's antipathy to Hitler and Germany was so great that he showed it in public.

"Three thousand years of history allow us to look at certain dogmas on the Alpine side with the highest privilege. Are these dogmas Caesar, Virgil, and Augustus all flourishing in Rome? Or the descendants of completely illiterate peoples taught to them", declared him standing on top of a tank at the opening of the Fifth International Exposition of the Mediterranean. His insulting words in private, such as "sodomite" and "murderer" when describing Germans, also began to appear in the Italian press.

The shock of the purge, followed so quickly by the murder of Taulfis, had a noticeable effect on Hindenburg, his health deteriorated rapidly, and he was bedridden.

His bed was a simple iron bed, but he refused to sleep in a more comfortable bed, on the grounds that he had always slept on a marching bed. Although he felt cold, he was reluctant to buy a robe. Soldiers don't wear robes, he muttered. He doesn't have the money to buy these things, and he's dying again!

When the Führer learned of the rapid deterioration of Hindenburg's health, he was still in White.

He arrived in Neudek on August 1. There were few people in the group, including two public relations specialists. The group received a cold reception.

Oscar. Feng. Hindenburg took the Führer to the president's bedroom.

"Father." He whispered to his father, "The Imperial Chancellor is here. ”

Hindenburg, lying on the bed, had his eyes closed and did not respond. Oscar repeated the previous words again. The marshal didn't even open his eyes and said, "Why didn't you come early?" ”

"What do you mean by the president's words?" He asked Oscar in a whisper.

"The Reich Chancellor has not been able to pull away until now," Oscar said to his father. Hindenburg only muttered, "Ah, I see. After a moment of silence, Oscar said, "Father and Reich Chancellor Hitler have one or two things he would like to consult with you. ”

This time, the old man suddenly opened his eyes and glared at Hitler, and then closed his eyes again and said nothing. Perhaps the president thought it was his Imperial Chancellor, his Papen.

When Hitler came out of the room, his lips were closed, and he did not want to talk about what he was seeing.

The next day, even while Hindenburg was still alive, Hitler's cabinet passed a decree merging the office of the president with the office of the chancellor. Everyone voted unanimously in favor; Baben was absent, and the name was signed by someone else. This measure came into force on the date of Hindenburg's death - only a few minutes later. The old man's lips hung over the words that hung on his lips when he died: "My Caesar I. My homeland! And he died on an iron bed, holding the Bible in his hands.

Thanks to this legitimate coup d'état, Hitler now wears two titles: Führer and Reich Chancellor.

This means that he is also the supreme commander of the three armed forces. His first action was to take von. General Blomburg and the commander-in-chief of the three armies were summoned.

"I swear before God that I will unconditionally obey the Reich Führer and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Adolf. Hitler and the people of the Reich. As a brave soldier, I pledge to keep my oath to the death. ”

They took an oath!

This is unprecedented. The former oath only called for obedience to the Constitution and the President.

This oath to name someone creates a personal connection between the Führer and every soldier of the land, sea and air. None of the officers, however, raised the slightest objection or questioned the wording of the move, which was unparalleled in the world. At the end of the day, all officers and men of the three armed forces took the same oath of personal loyalty.

Adolph. Hitler took full control of the supreme power in Germany!

A new imperial head is born! Clear