ay. I nourish the proud hope that one day the hour will come when these rough companies will grow to battalions, the battalions to regiments, the regiments to divisions, that the old cockade will be taken from the mud, that the old flags will wave again, that there will be a reconciliation at the last great divine judgement which we are prepared to face. For it is not you, gentlemen, who pass judgement on us. That judgement is spoken by the eternal court history Pronounce us guilty a thousand times over: the goddess of the eternal court of history will smile and tear to pieces the State Prosecutors submissions and the courts verdict; for she acquits. (Hitler, 1924.)With this most remarkable and persuading statement the three judges became so taken by him in the courtroom that one of the judges had to persuade the others that he was indeed guilty. Hitler was sentenced for five years but eligible for parole in six months. Hitler was taken to Landsberg fortress for his prison sentence on April 24, 1924. Visitors could arrive and leave at their convenience. The cell was also private and spacious. Pacing back and forth in his cell, he continued expressing his ideas, while Hess took down every word. The result would be the first volume of a book, Mein Kampf, outlining Hitler's political and racial ideas in brutally intricate detail, serving both as a blueprint for future actions and as a warning to the world. (The History Place, 1998, pg. 1)Hitler was released from his prison cell about nine months after his sentence. The German economy was stable and most people had food and jobs. The government outlawed the Nazi party so most of the members joined other nationalist parties. Once again Hitler began to reorganise his party and the government agreed to lift its ban on the Nazi party. Hitler first gained support in the small towns and industrial groups and set up an elite party guard called the Schutzstaffel or the SS. to protect...
