s on his subjects. The speeches were all delivered in the late evenings, because he felt that any other time of day was impossible to conjure up the right atmosphere of tension and keyed-up expectation. He always gave examples to the crowd to boost morale; the “‘Unknown Soldier' to the national hero’, the ‘tiny group of starry-eyed idealists into history’s greatest movement’, and the ‘betrayed and deserted fatherland into a great and powerful nation’” (The Inner Nazi- pg. 55). Hitler made his followers believe that an attack on their leader was also an attack on the ones that he ruled over. This conjured fear in the people’s hearts, because they had to protect their leader against any attacks, which in turn were attacks on themselves. When he delivered his speeches, everyone had to attend, because he believed that there were never enough attendants. The leader placed the idea of ‘strength in numbers’ into the heads of the audience strongly, and made the people believe that they could overcome any other country or race. The people’s attendance was almost an agreement to what Hitler had planned, but it was not clearly expressed what the agreement was. The audience was not being informed of what their part was in the master plan of their leader, but made to perform whatever it was that Hitler had planned. He used a system of ‘elimination of freedom’, which he felt was necessary in the world of mass politics. This meant that he would slowly change the rules, allowing him to gain more and more control over his people. New laws preventing rebellions and attempts to overthrow his government gave Hitler complete control over what happened within the country’s boundaries. It is questionable to many historians whether or not any of this great politician’s speeches and messages ever ceased to contain elements of propaganda. His stronge...
