Foundation for the Study of Political Pathology

Andrew Hammer, Executive Director

"As a National Socialist and a German soldier, I enter upon this fight with a stout heart! I ask of every German what I myself am prepared to do at any moment: to be ready to lay down his life for his people and for his country. If anyone thinks that he can evade this national duty, he will perish."

FROM RICHARD KOENIGSBERG:

THE FINAL SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF HITLER IS REVEALED IN THE PASSAGE ABOVE. READING IT CAREFULLY IT BECOMES CLEAR WHAT HE IS SAYING: Every German must be "prepared to do at any moment" what he is prepared to do: to "lay down his life" for his people and for his country.

If anyone thought he could "evade this national duty" (to die for Germany), he would "perish." In other words, "lay down one's life for Germany," or we will kill you. The "Final Solution" was contained within the beginning. The Final Solution was the destruction of Germans and Germany.

This was the meaning of Hitler's "war:" the death of Germans.

His prophecy came into being.

Jews were conceived as people who refused to die for Germany. So, the "Final Solution" was brought into being to make sure that Jews (whom Hitler believed did not want to die for Germany)-WOULD also die for Germany. Jews were required to replicate the fate of the German people.