A-level HISTORY Component 2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945

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Source A From a speech at the Berlin Sportpalast, broadcast live on radio to the German nation, by Josef Goebbels, 18 February 1943. I am convinced that the German Volk has been deeply moved by th... e blow of fate at Stalingrad. The people now know the awful truth and are resolved to follow the Führer through thick and thin. There is a cross-section of the German people here – wounded soldiers from the Eastern front, armament workers from Berlin tank factories, party officials, doctors, scientists, teachers as well as thousands of German women and youth. No class, no occupation uninvited. You, at this moment, represent the whole German nation. Do you believe, with the Führer, in the final, total victory of the German people? The English claim that the Germans are resisting the government’s total war measures, that the people don’t want total war but surrender. Do you want total war? If necessary, do you want a war more total and radical than anything we can even imagine today? The nation is ready for anything. The Führer has commanded and we will follow him! Now, people, rise up and let the storm break loose [Show More]

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