Goebbels: A Biography (108 page)

83.
Thus Holtz in his letter to Hitler, 17 June 1927; see also Heiber (ed.),
Tagebuch
, doc. 169.

84.
TB, 16 June 1927.

85.
TB, 18 May 1927: “The N.S. Briefe are appearing today without me. Revenge is a dish that is best served cold.”

86.
Reuth,
Goebbels
, 124 (based on a report by the Munich political police about the Party’s evening meeting of 20 June 1927, in the BDC).

87.
Statement by Hitler of 25 June 1927 in the
VB
, also in Heiber (ed.),
Tagebuch
, doc. 18: “Der Wunsch ist der Vater des Gedankens.” Also report by the Uschla of 19/21 June 1927. On the previous conversation, see Heiber (ed.),
Tagebuch
, doc. 17.
Welt am Abend
, 4 June 1927, “Bruderzwist im Hause Hitler.”

88.
TB, 6 and 7 September 1927.

89.
TB, 8 and 10 September 1927.

90.
TB, 27 November 1927; also 14 October 1927.

91.
TB, 12 December 1927.

92.
TB, 23 and 19 June, 4 and 21 July, 24 August 1927.

93.
TB, 25 August, 16 (quotation) and 17 September 1927.

94.
TB, 30 October 1927.

95.
TB, 28 November, 30 December 1926, 19 September 1927.

96.
That is Josefine v. Behr, whom Goebbels had known since February 1926 (TB, 22 February 1926). Following an encounter at the Party rally in Weimar in July 1926 he noted: “I love her a bit!” (6 July 1926). For the number in Berlin who were involved, see in particular 28 February, 1 and 21 March 1927.

97.
He had already noticed her in December 1926 (see 6, 8, 15, and 20 December 1926). On the affair, see in particular 17 January 1927, 19 (“Do I love Dora Hentschel?”) and 28 February, 1, 2, 5, and 28 March, 7 and 11 April 1927 (“Dora Hentschel loves me”).

98.
TB, 12 April 1927.

99.
TB, 20 April 1927.

100.
TB, 29 April, 2 May, 1, 17, 18, and 26 June, 5 September, 1 October 1927.

101.
TB, 1 December 1927, also 5 and 10 December 1927; 12 December 1927: “Do I love her?”; 10 January 1928: “I love Tamara v. Heede. Does she love me too? I can’t really believe it!”

102.
TB, 4 and 5 February; until the end of the month frequent entries about Tamara.

103.
TB, 1 June 1927.

104.
Lemmons,
Goebbels and Der Angriff
, 24f. On the founding of
Der Angriff
, see also Friedrich,
Hauptstadt
, 177ff.

105.
TB, 4 July 1927 (on the preparations also 21 and 25 May, 1, 13, and 15 June 1927).

106.
TB, 9, 17, and 23 July, but 10 August 1927: “The most recent issue of
Angriff
is pathetic”; 28 August 1927: “New issue of
Angriff
is the best yet.”

107.
Kessemeier,
Der Leitartikler Goebbels
, 86ff.

108.
Der Angriff
, 30 January 1928, “Durch die Blume”; 27 February 1928, “Eine Mücke hat gehustet”; 19 September 1927, “Justav”; 2 February 1930, “Politisches Tagebuch.”

109.
Der Angriff
, 7 November 1927 (Politisches Tagebuch). The exclusion of Trotsky and Zinoviev provided the point of reference. See also 6 February 1928, “Stalin-Trotzki” editorial; see also his retrospective comments on reading Trotsky’s
The Real Situation in Russia
, 21 March 1929.

110.
3 November 1927.

111.
14 November 1927, “Das Geheimnis von Konitz”; 28 November 1927, “Ein Ritualmord im Jahre 1926.”

112.
Bering,
Kampf um Namen
, esp. 241ff.

113.
Bering,
Kampf
, 251; Goebbels and Schweitzer,
Das Buch Isidor;
Goebbels,
Knorke
.

114.
Goebbels did not invent the rude name. Not only had the Nazis tried to denigrate Bernhard Weiss in this way before Goebbels’s arrival, the Communists have been proved to have called the police president “Isidor” in 1923. Bering,
Kampf
, 242.

115.
Der Kampf gegen Young. Eine Sache des deutschen Arbeiters, Rede von Dr. Joseph Goebbels, M.d.R., gehalten am 26. September 1929 im Kriegervereinshaus Berlin
. Published as a manuscript.

116.
LA Berlin, A Rep. 358-01/2; his appeal was, however, rejected.

117.
Article of 9 April 1928, “Angenommen”; see Bering,
Kampf
, 245f.

118.
On the trials, see Bering,
Kampf
, 283ff.

119.
Der Angriff
, 9 September 1929.

120.
Engelbrechten,
Armee
, 61ff.

121.
BZ am Mittag
, 13 May 1927, “Macht Schluß mit den Kurfürstendamm-Krawallen!”

122.
Der Angriff
, 4 July 1927, “Das Schreckensurteil von Moabit.” Also TB, 12 and 13 May 1927 on these incidents.

123.
Der Angriff
, 11 July 1927, “Trials.”

124.
Der Angriff
, 28 November 1927, “Menschen, seid menschlich.”

125.
Goebbels,
Kampf
, 180.

126.
VZ
, 23 August 1927, “450 Nationalsozialisten festgenommen”; TB, 22 and 24 August 1927.

127.
29 August 1927; see further articles in the same issue and in particular 5 September 1927 on the subsequent fate of those arrested: “Das Polizeipräsidium verordnet Hungerkuren. 74 Arbeiter brotlos gemacht.”

128.
TB, 19 May, 18 and 30 June also 4 July. Engelbrechten,
Armee
, 65.

129.
TB, 1–24 August 1927.

130.
TB, 25 August 1927; on the lifting of the ban, see 30 November 1927.

131.
Der Angriff
, 14 November; TB, 8 November 1927.

132.
TB, 14 and 28 January 1928.;
Der Angriff
, 16 and 30 January 1928, reports on the meetings under the heading “Kampf um Berlin.”

133.
TB, 11 March 1928;
Der Angriff
, 19 March 1928, “Bernau im Zeichen Hitlers”; Engelbrechten,
Armee
, 70.

134.
At the beginning of November 1927 a court in Elberfeld condemned him to a fine of 100 RM because he had urged the SA to commit acts of violence in early writings: TB, 4 November 1927;
Der Angriff
, 14 November 1927, “Eine Ohrfeige für Bernhard Weiß.”

135.
On the trial, see LA Berlin, A Rep. 358-01/385, Bericht der Staatsanwaltschaft an
das Reichsjustizministerium, 2 March 1928, as well as further correspondence. Goebbels was indicted in particular for the content of his contribution “Massenversammlung” in the
NS-Briefe
of 1 April 1927:
Berliner Morgenpost
, 28 February 1928, “Völkische Hetzer zu Gefängnis verurteilt.”

136.
Der Angriff
, 27 February 1928 and 5 March 1928 (quotation); see also TB, 28 and 29 February 1928.

137.
TB, 30 March 1928: “München. Gleich zum Gericht. […] 1500 Geldstrafe für Weiß”

138.
TB, 21, 22, and 23 March, 2, 4, and 5 April 1927.

139.
VZ
, 17 April 1928, “Das Urteil im Nationalsozialisten-Prozeß”; see also
Der Angriff
, 14 April 1928; TB, 17 April 1928.

140.
LA Berlin, A Rep. 358-01/24, vol. 4, Urteil Schöffengericht Berlin vom 28. April 1928 gegen Dürr und Goebbels, BM, 29 April 1928, “Völkische Frechheit vor Gericht”; TB, 29 April 1928.

141.
TB, 18 and 30 December 1925, 6 January 1926, 3 August 1928, 4 October 1928.

142.
TB, 13 January 1926.

143.
TB, 1 December 1926 and 25 February 1927.

144.
TB, 31 March 1927.

145.
TB, 10 October 1928.

146.
TB, 10 and 14 November 1929.

147.
TB, 1 October 1930.

148.
TB, 9 June 1927. Text in BAK, NL 1118/98.

149.
TB, 21 October, 6 and 8 November 1927.

150.
StA MG, NL Goebbels/79, newspaper review from 1933 (place of publication is unclear).

151.
TB, 11 December 1927.

152.
TB, 18 November 1927.

153.
NS-Briefe
, 15 November 1927, Aquino, “Der neue Stil? Grundsätzliches zur Nationalsozialistischen Versuchsbühne.”

154.
TB, 16 November 1927.

155.
Berliner Arbeiterzeitung
, 13 November 1927.

156.
TB, 2 January 1928.

157.
TB, 18 December 1928.

158.
Michael. Ein deutsches Schicksal in Tagebuchblättern
(7th edn, Munich 1935, used here). On the revising of
Michael
, see Michel,
Vom Poeten
, 126ff. The second edition of the book was published in 1931; TB, 1, 5, 6, 9, and 14 June, 23 July, 12–17 August 1928 and 19 and 21 September.

159.
Michael
(1928), 57f.; see also, among other references, p. 82: “Christ is the first Jewish opponent of substance,” and so on.

160.
Entry of 27 October 1919.

161.
Michael
(1924), entry of 27 October 1919.

162.
Michael
(1928), 78f.

163.
Michael
(1928), 101f. Also 149f. concerning a further encounter.

164.
Michael
(1928), 41.

165.
Michael
(1924), entry of 15 September 1919;
Michael
(1928), 68.

166.
Michael
, entry of 15 November 1919;
Michael
(1928), 81f.

167.
Michael
(1924), entry of 15 June 1919.

168.
Michael
(1928), 34f.

169.
Michael
(1924), entry of 8 July 1920.

170.
Michael
(1928), 121.

171.
TB, 8 November 1928, 5 and 7 February 1929.

172.
TB, 8–10 March 1929.

173.
TB, 10 and 11 March 1929.

174.
TB, 13 March 1929.

1.
TB, 24 November 1927.

2.
TB, 18 February, 13 March 1928.

3.
TB, 3 May 1928.

4.
TB, 1 April 1928.

5.
Der Angriff
, 23 April 1928; Engelbrechten,
Armee
, 75; and TB, 14 April 1928.

6.
TB, 28 June, 7 July 1928.

7.
Engelbrechten,
Armee
, 71ff.; see also Daluege’s “Gau order” of 3 April 1928, ibid., 74f.

8.
TB, 5 and 14 April.

9.
TB, 14 May 1928;
Der Angriff
, 21 May 1928; Engelbrechten,
Armee
, 77.

10.
TB, 17 May 1928;
Der Angriff
, 21 May 1928; Engelbrechten,
Armee
, 77f.

11.
Statistisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Berlin 1928
, 308f.

12.
TB, 22 May 1928.

13.
Der Angriff
, 28 May 1928, “I.D.I.”

14.
Otto Strasser, “Gedanken zum Wahlergebnis,” in
NS-Briefe
, 1 June 1928; Gregor Strasser, “Ergebnisse und Lehren,” in
Berliner Arbeiterzeitung
, 27 May 1928.

15.
LA Berlin, A Rep 358-01/24 vol. 4, Verdict of the Berlin-Schöneberg Magistrates’ Court of 28 April 1928, TB, 29 April 1928.

16.
LAB, A Rep 358-01/27, Verdict of the Schöneberg Magistrates’ Court of 6 June 1928; TB, 6 June 1928.

17.
TB, 9 June 1928;
Der Angriff
, 11 June 1928.

18.
TB, 20 June 1928.

19.
TB, 14 July 1928; Law on Amnesty,
RGBl
. 1928 I, 195f.

20.
TB, 10 July 1928, also 11 July 1928;
Verhandlungen des Reichstags
, vol. 423, 149ff.

21.
TB, 29 June 1928; Tyrell,
Führer
, 313 (Kaufmann reports to the Uschla that Otto Strasser had repeatedly requested him to participate in the establishment of a new party); see also TB, 15 September 1928.

22.
TB, 22 June 1928. On the project of a newspaper, see also 16 February 1928; and 30 June, 10 July 1928 on its publication.

23.
TB, 1 July 1928 and 15 July 1928. In the TB there are numerous entries on the conflict with the Strassers, for example especially 10, 13, and 30 June, 12, 13, and 14 July 1928.

24.
TB, 23 July–4 August 1928.

25.
TB, 24 July 1928.

26.
TB, 4 August 1928.

27.
TB, 14 April 1928; also 31 May, 16 June, 17 and 20 July 1928.

28.
TB, 7 and 8 August.

29.
On the background to this conflict, see Longerich,
Geschichte der SA
, Parts I and II. On the conflicts during 1928, see also Reuth,
Goebbels
, 141f. and the booklet written by the NSDAP’s former Reich Music Director, Wilhelm Hillebrand,
Herunter mit der Maske
. Goebbels was very interested in the inside information it contained; see TB, 10–13, 16, 17, and 25 November 1928.

30.
TB, 7 and 8 August 1928.

31.
TB, 12–20 August 1928.

32.
TB, 13 August 1928.

33.
TB, 24 August 1928.

34.
TB, 24 August 1928.

35.
TB, 25 August–1 September 1928.

36.
TB, 14 September 1928.

37.
TB, 1 and 4 September 1928. It concerned a general membership meeting and a subsequent meeting of leaders.

38.
TB, 23 and 25 September 1928.

39.
Announcement in
Der Angriff
, 3 September 1928, Berichterstattung 8 October 1928;
12 Uhr Blatt
, 1 October 1928, “Die Zusammenstöße am gestrigen Sonntag”; LA Berlin A Rep 358-01/697, Versammlungsbericht der Abteilung IA des Polizeipräsidiums, 2 November 1928; Engelbrechten,
Armee
, 80f.; TB, 1 October 1928. See also Friedrich,
Hauptstadt
, 198f.

40.
TB, 4 October 1928.

41.
TB, 14 October 1928.

42.
TB, 5 November 1928;
Der Angriff
, 12 November 1928.

43.
TB, 17 November 1928; see also his rhapsodic editorial “Adolf Hitler” in
Der Angriff
of 19 November 1928 and “Hitler spricht im Sportpalast” (ibid.);
Berliner Morgenpost
, November 1928, “Hitler in Berlin”;
RSA
III/1, doc. 50; Engelbrechten,
Armee
, 82; Friedrich,
Hauptstadt
, 200ff.

44.
Der Angriff
, 18 November 1928.

45.
See also his birthday article “Der Führer” in
Der Angriff
of 22 April 1929.

46.
See his contributions in
Der Angriff
, partly published in the volumes
Der Angriff
(1935) and
Wetterleuchten
(1939). Also the Party leader does not play a prominent role in the two propaganda pamphlets published by Goebbels,
Das kleine ABC des Nationalsozialisten
(Greifswald 1925) and
Der Nazi-Sozi
(1929).

47.
TB, 17 November 1928;
Berliner Morgenpost
, 18 November 1928, “Mysteriöser Tod eines Hitler-Mannes”; Engelbrechten,
Armee
, 82; Reuth,
Goebbels
, 146.

48.
TB, 18 November 1928 (Jewish press).

49.
TB, 19 and 20 November 1928. Cancellation of the reward also in
Der Angriff
, 26 November 1928. On Kütemeyer, see also TB, 21 and 23 November 1928.

50.
See the reports in
Der Angriff
, in particular 26 November and 3 December.

51.
TB, 13 and 14 September, 12 October 1928.

52.
TB, 25 November 1928.

53.
TB, 5 November 1928: “Osaf is a crafty chap. I must watch out with him because he seldom says what he means.”

54.
TB, 6 December 1928, also 20 December.

55.
TB, 20 and 21 January 1929.

56.
TB, 16 January 1929.

57.
TB, 6 June 1929.

58.
Friedrich,
Hauptstadt
, 187f.

59.
TB, 7 December 1928, also 7 February 1929 on “good sub-leader material.” On the Gau Day rallies during this period, see also 10 January 1929, 12 April 1930.

60.
See the contributions of Muchow in
Der Angriff
, 9 February 1930, “Die Vollendung der Straßenzellen-Organisation” and in the
VB
, 11 March 1930, “Die Straßenzellen-Organisation des Gaues Berlin.”

61.
Der Angriff
, 2 January 1930, “Ein Jahr Kampf um die Betriebe”; 1 June 1930, “Betriebszellen”; Reuth,
Goebbels
, 143; TB, 30 July 1929 and 28 May 1930.

62.
TB, 21 and 26 October, 21 November 1928, and 8 December 1929.

63.
TB, 12 August 1931.

64.
TB, 7 and 8 March 1928.

65.
TB, 21 March 1928.

66.
TB, 30 March 1928, 23 March 1928.

67.
TB, 24 March 1928.

68.
TB, 22 April 1928, on Tamara. Further entries on brief contacts with Tamara, 8 June, 8 August, 23 September 1928, 22 January 1929.

69.
TB, 6 August 1928.

70.
TB, 12 August 1928.

71.
TB, 25 and 27 August, 1 and 4 September 1928.

72.
TB, 29 and 30 August 1928.

73.
TB, 11 September 1928; he mentions her already on 7 August 1928. Further entries on Hannah Schneider in September and the beginning of October. See also 7 October 1928.

74.
TB, 26 September 1928.

75.
TB, 2 October 1928.

76.
TB, 8, 14, and 15 October 1928.

77.
TB, 17 October 1928; on the separation, see also 21 October 1928.

78.
TB, 30 July, also 2 August, 15 September 1928.

79.
TB, 27 October 1928.

80.
TB, 28 and 30 October 1928; 11 and 18 November 1928.

81.
TB, 18 and 18 December 1928.

82.
TB, 20 December 1928.

83.
TB, 30 December 1928, also numerous entries from December to February.

84.
TB, 24 February 1929.

85.
TB, 13 and 27 March, 1 and 6 April 1929.

86.
TB, 14, 15, and 16 December 1928, 19 and 20 January 1929, 7 March 1929.

87.
TB, 10 March 1929.

88.
TB, 11 March 1929.

89.
On the meeting with Anka, see TB, 20 and 23 March 1929.

90.
TB, 24 March 1929.

91.
TB, 1 April 1929 (on the whole trip).

92.
TB, 3 April 1929; numerous entries also in March and April, and then again on 8 May, 1 July 1930.

93.
TB, 19 and 28 April 1929; first mention 18 April, numerous entries between 22 April and the end of June.

94.
TB, 25 May, 21 July 1929.

95.
TB, 23 July 1929, on the stay in Weimar, also 25 July 1929.

96.
TB, 26 July 1929.

97.
TB, 6 December 1929 and 10–12 January 1930.

98.
TB, 26, 28, and 30 July, 5, 10, 14, and 15 August 1929.

99.
TB, 13 July 1929, also 15 and 21 July.

100.
TB, 17 July 1929, also 29 July 1929.

101.
TB, 4–6 August 1929.

102.
TB, 6 August 1929.

103.
TB, 10 August 1929; also 11 August 1929: “Yes, I musn’t let love penetrate my heart.”

104.
Various entries, August to January.

105.
TB, 14 August 1929.

106.
TB, 13 October 1929, numerous entries from November to January.

107.
TB, 12 December 1929.

108.
TB, 19 February 1930.

109.
TB, 24 February 1930. Also 24 March 1930: “She loves me like mad.” 17 April 1930: “She’s crazy about me.”

110.
TB, 23 March 1930. On their meetings, see numerous entries from 27 February to the end of March.

111.
TB, 6 March 1930.

112.
TB, 23 March 1930.

113.
TB, 6 March 1930.