Evening star., 1945-01-01
Text of HitIers New Year Broadcast

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the Allied camp knows for what h.
is fighting But the aims for which
we are fighting are clear to all OF us
It is the survival of the German
people, 1t Is our fatherland. it is oui
2,000-year-old culture, it is the chill
dren and the grandchildren OF oul
people. 1t is all the values which
life has to offer.
The reason for the many hard
ships which our people have had t<
endure lies in the aims of our ene-
mics. They already are trying their
method of treating the German peo-
Pile in the midst of war by using
means of waging war which civilized
humanity never dreamed of. BY de-
stroying our cities, they hope not
only to kill our women and children
but also to efface any trace of docu-
ments of our culture which is thou
sands of years old-because they
have no equal accomplishments to
set against this culture.
This was also the reason of the
destructive war on the cultural cities
of Italy. This is also the deeper In
tention which underlies their pres
ent struggle In France, Belgium and
the Netherlands. Like a phoenix
from the ashes, the German spirit
has risen out OF these ruins and has
been resurrected.
When this. sorrowful time will be
over every German will be proud to
be recognized as member of such
a people. The time will come when
the proclamation of culture which our
enemies are carrying out will burn in
our memory, but will bear down on
them as their shame.
Boasts Of Knowing Germans.
There is scarcely one human being
in any large country who knows his
people and their fatherland as we'll
as I know Germany / have been
near all those German cities and
villages-not only through histori-
cal studies but personally.
I was bound to them for years
not only through historical, cul-
tural and human love, but was the
closest participant in their fate, in
their future development. 1t is just
this intimate knowledge which
nghtens the burden OF these sor-
rows on my shoulders as I know
more than any other man that on
the ruins of these German cities
new ones will arise again and grow
to new treasures Of German archi-
tectural genius.
Our towns will be more imposing
and more beautiful than they ever
were before. Shattered homes will
be replaced by sanatoriums. Our
social and cultural demands will be
given more attention than was pos
sible to give them up to now. In
spite of this we have lost many
immortal, cultural and artistic doc
uments. We will never be able to
restore them. But above all we
shall never be able to restore the
sacrifices of innumerable men and
women dear to us. We shall never
be able to recover the intimate
recollections they have given dur
ing their lifetimes.
The year 1914 was the year of
heaviest burdens in this gigantic
struggle. 1t was the year in which
came final proof of the incapacity
of bourgeois society to weather
storms OF present or future times.
Democracy Called Childish.
One state or another, unable to
find the way to true social recovery
will take the path to chaos. The
liberal age belongs to the past. The
democratic half solutions are as
childish as Metternich's methods
were when compared with the striv-
ings Of unity which conquered after
all in the 18th century. The con-
sequence of the absence of truly
social aims and perspectives is the
absence not only of the will to resist
not only in the Allied peoples but
also the absence of the moral power
of resistance in their leaders.
In all countries we are seeing
proof that the attempt of the
renaissance of democracy has
proved completely barren. The al
tentative for the European CONT
nent, the most densely populated
of the world, is either to live in an
order which takes into account
the individual capacities of its peo-
pie and guarantees the highest
achievements or to live in states
which are incapable of life and
doomed to perish.
In this year, Finland, Romania,
Bulgaria and Hungary followed the
example of royal Italy and col
lapsed. This collapse primarily was
due to the cowardice and lack of
resolution of leaders. The very ac-
tiOns of these leaders can he Under