Introduction: Hitler's personality - manner and mental state, from "Artist" to "God-Man"; political aims - "Patriotism", anti-semitism, domestic policy, foreign policy; the methodology of Hitler's oratory; remarks on the structure of this work. Part 1 The year 1932 - the bid for power: major events in summary; report and commentary - the speech before the industry club, candidacy for the office of Reich president, Landtag election campaigns, Reichstag elections of July 31, Reichstag elections of November 6, the final steps toward taking power. Part 2 The year 1933 - the national revolution: major events in summary; report and commentary - Hitler's appointment as Reich Chancellor - statement of policy, the consolidation of power - emergency decrees, the Enabling Act - debate between Hitler and Wels, the beginning of the "Gleichschaltung", of the boycott against jews and of the NS foreign policy, election in Danzig - the Concordat - First Reich Party congress in Nuremberg - withdrawal from the Leave of Nations, commemoration march to the Feldherrnhalle - beginning of rearmament. Part 3 The year 1934 - the despot unmasked: major events in summary; report and commentary - ten-year pact between Germany and Poland, the "Reconstruction" of the Reich, the Rohm purge, Hitler's justification of the slaughter of June 30, national socialist Putsch attempt in Austria - Hindenburg's death - oath of allegiance to the "Fuhrer und Reichskanzler", plebiscite on uniting the offices of Chancellor and President.
