If I call the Wehrmacht, if I now demand the German people to sacrifice,
and if necessary, I demand to sacrifice everything, I have the right to do so.
Because I am ready today, as I did in the past, to bring any personal sacrifice,
I do not demand of any German man to do anything I was not prepared to do
myself for four years. There should be no deprivation in Germany that I will
not share. My entire life belongs from this moment on to my people. I want
nothing else now than to be the first soldier of the German Reich.
I have now put on the same uniform that was once my dearest and holiest. I
will only take it off after the victory, or else I will not live to see that end.
Should something happen to me in this battle, my first successor will be party
member Goering. Should something happen to party member Goering, the
next in line will be party member Hess. You would then be bound by blind
loyalty to them as Fuehrers , as you were to me. Should something happen to
party member Hess, I will enact a law that the senate will then elect the
worthiest, i.e. the bravest from their midst.
As National Socialist and as a German soldier I am going into this battle with
a brave heart. My whole life was nothing but one continuous battle for my
people, for its renewal, for Germany. This battle was always backed by the
faith in this people. There is one word I have never known. It is surrender. If
anybody thinks we may be heading towards difficult times, I want to ask him to
remember that once a Prussian king with a minuscule state faced a big
coalition and won after three battles, because he had a strong heart and faith.
This is what we need today. And I want to tell the whole world: never again
will there be a November 1918 in German history! Just as I am ready to
sacrifice my life at any moment for my people and Germany, I demand the
same from everyone. Anyone who believes he can evade this national
command – whether directly or indirectly – will fall. Traitors can only expect
death.
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