HST 270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Aryan Race, Marlene Dietrich, President Of The European Parliament
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Claimed all germans in central europe should unite into one large. Anti-semitic: rejected the jewish presence with dreams of a pure. Pan-german party was a republican party against the habsburg monarchy. Karl lueger the mayor of vienna was the party leader. Middle class party: hitler felt like he could identify with the middle class. For lueger, anti-semitism was not racialistit was purely electoral to win the votes of the people. Hitler didn"t think his anti-semitism was scientific enough. Victor adler was the leader of this party. The following of this party was comprised of the poor and working class. Hitler admired adler"s ability to mobilize the masses and that"s why he attended the meetings. Subjects of the austrian empire were present. After watching these sessions hitler decided democracy and parliamentarianism were nonsense and couldn"t work. Not exposed to heavy physical effort given the job of a runner. Was the link between the army unit headquarters and front line commanders.
