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Speech commemorating second anniversary of Austrian Anschluss, 3/1940
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R01 Music. Commentator. Song: Wir bauen das ewige Reich. Plaschke (?): welcomes Rosenberg. Reference to significance of Austria's union with Germany and effect of Treaty of Versailles on German Reich. Review of rise of NSDAP and political developments in Austria 1930-1934. Unidentified. Rosenberg: commitment to Greater Germany as being commitment to the war. Aims of NSDAP. Analysis of German politics 1890-1940. German history equated with history of western world. R02 Historical overview of territorial changes in Western Europe. Analysis of achievements by ethnic Germans in cause of united Reich. Success of NSDAP in creation of Greater German Reich. Correct German attitude to war and peace; emphasis on military aspects of German history. Analysis of relative significance of greater and lesser peoples. Reference to Czechs as an ethnic group in Czechoslovakia and in German Reich. R03 Duty of greater nation towards ethnic minorities within its Lebensraum. Contrast between Reich and 19th century imperialism. Influence of British and French policies post-1919. Reference to role of Jewish finance in Britain. Reference to British conduct during Boer war and current stance towards Europe. Enumeration of three basic reasons for Germany fighting war. Unidentified: closing remarks. Sieg Heil. NSDAP songs. Heil. Commentator.
