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calmly and impersonitly(40:0W.thout hate and
sYmpicth;ye niing the last months HIMIYILER 's importance, went to
his head and. he played the great commander with a special'tr ain , : and
great surroundings. In: . e.ndi.....PORP4111.4,1t1141::%emot,641 IMMER aisidev . •
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c) GOERING. GOERING was no National Socialist, but.alwaysthebie„
gentleman. He never had contact with little party people
He alone led HITLER into the war, by giving him wrong impressions
powerf fpf,..the LUFTWATFE ., on ,whiciv, ‘HITLER:..basect ,.111:11 Repbt;.tho,p0fg
was saying this GOERING, by ,coincidence ■ .Ws.s" :being led
oner. • AMANfi ' jumped up excitedlypeiht lecr,.."•61A,.'.4he' l y/Pgrow at GOEIMIG ;1‘ g
said, "This fat slob here, you should hot& J4rn.,. tp,o,nsAbli 4p,rot •
the war• .and the death of rayson, is anc;
AMANN :has no- proof of War: s eitAll:41ttrht
F that "the 'people say it". " -
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d) ,B$LS g0EE .; .MANN 4 Y 4.06het § 0E5liE. erfe*Y. ;44,14te
iolii,4erf ere in the rtiii*,prrient of the press which IMANN.,fiSayiev.iasi/kOl■Ay
he responsibility. 'AMANN belieVie BORMANN HIMKLER ant 030EBBE14:rwirt
the three
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bad spirts of HIT,LER.
Iv. THE EHER PLWLISHING CO.
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a) Establishment. TATial .11,1/ipfZia
AMON •HITLER wish took over • a -41nall . • • • , vAbltiphing;..tkoutj.
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fory.thiV:party . ,in 192O.. This concern WaS ...,, oWne.d oby,„ara.tri ..„—‘"
It2 , is characteristic that AMANN allowed.the
ntal: . of .only ,'.50 , 1314 until her
...101091PAT.--Y4an kni,9e,hh.V.10:1
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The.,paper at . that time the .9V0ELKISqqR "C)1 Hi . 40HTE$1,1 4. WaRAynol.
Eitz icwrif-ria
and was kept going only through the :Sale..of li,,O(48.r.P,11,,„1-010,TireAḶ7.;11:
'etivecl . a , , fee... from the.. concern -for his. articles.
KAMPP" , which the EHER . firm published . , HITLaike,d..on)y,110
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the sales price. A large sum was still ..
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owed,...tO;H:17LER .....:.. .441.figg117., 4
ing yfirm,.'was.• never. claimed.
b) ,Organization.
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'AMAillq admits • that he could Lot have succeeded
sueh a big concern . without . help of men experienCed in the .publishingT.TITII.:
EsPe el:illy' helpful were Dr l'aNCKLER /Aid Dr•IRIENIIADT4'•,bo_th'-tinfP3
• BERLIN.' Aft rRIENHARD T went • tO .. HIINLER ff ' nine 1161 BAUER3 swilitlitiaN4.slo.-)-ti" ir>
right-, hand man. mail. • . • • . ••
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•The system *controlled about' 700- 'daily 'neWispaperti.a1;.Tha:.,9V0ELKISCHERI:'
BE DBACHTER" • with its three • editions . (BERLINVMUNICW, .V1ENNA)D had 74171.5 IVO
t o tal 'circulation Of 1,500 , 000 ;. AMANN admits ' that 1-the'Pame.13:4,1iiiiiibee
subscriptions , was 4 result of' poor .CCiiiterits. : ' .! . The YSTUERIYIERY!9.
STREICHER •organ, was independent ; • MANN did not ẁant ttr.finhilai SY:stew:1,
be:ause it was too filthy. On the other hand, HIMMLER i s paper, "DA8;i0TT...:
SCitiARZE KORPS" was part of the chain, but was directed only by the
editor, D'ALQUEkN.
For organization of the system see appendix.-- •
himself was in charge of ...the main, office in, MUN.ICII Rut
se'reral months ago) Individual districts of the ,,Par(t.YJ
. rece'ived' uie-
- . third of the income of. the district publish,ini.:, houses......Aiiia, c'CijAtJ.4„.W:tiS,
appointed ,district editors . but AMANN..held.the:.i.4.4lii.$•tris.44.c.tioW.
To 'implications that AMANN had ruthleetsl,y , destrey.ed:p!Oie;ptiV3rA:CS.7,•!:i .
:AMON replied that he' had compensated . ,%the:.,eivnpr's.:„4:T,Iii
Publishers got 12 million , HUGENBERG . got .65. milUon,i,(44:-.14,Ei4n:44;rt
SCHERL Publishing Co., KNORR & Publishing 'Cc'. in MUNI0H, 'd the
Stoat Exchange Paper were Paid. AMANN • admits that k.14 '..of these "made
.trouble' s , but he ie .es''nO injuStice . .in his iicquisitiori of. tii`e:se
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