Who set Hitler against Stalin?. Nikolay Starikov

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СКАЧАТЬ Beer Hall Putsch there had appeared several interesting personalities. Together with them there came the money which origin could not be explained by the historians. Financial streams flew to Hitler from many directions. Besides French and English (“Swiss”) sources American funds also found Hitler. In the same year of 1922 Germany was searching for new political personalities who could be later used depending on the situation: to replace the disliked politicians, to organize murders and provocations. At that time nobody was planning to lead Hitler to the power. Almost nobody even ever heard of such person.

      That is why American military attaché in Germany captain Truman Smith at first met with entirely different people: the former general Ludendorff who was in charge of the German army during the World War I and Crown Prince Rupprecht. They told American captain about the new rising star. On November 20, 1922 captain met with Führer in his shabby flat on the first floor[90]. Hitler was quite frank with the American. It was clear that if the military attaché of the embassy was interested in politicians and not only in guns, the field of his activities should be larger than simply military issues. Yet unknown head of the small local Bavarian party told about his intention to “eliminate Bolshevism”, “to remove Versailles shackles”, to establish dictatorship and create a strong country. Practically Hitler used the rare chance when an American intelligence agent found him and offered his personality as the “civilisation sword” in the struggle with Marxism. That is with Russia!

      The offer turned out to be very timely: such fanatics would be in need at any moment. It was not yet time to fight with the Russians but it was good idea to have a closer look at the guy. When captain Truman Smith returned to Berlin, he made a detailed report that was on November 25, 1922 sent by the embassy to Washington. The pity was that the official American military attaché could not occupy himself with the German politician too actively due to his diplomatic status. However Hitler seemed to the Yankee so perspective that the same day the future Führer was under control of the new contactee from the American intelligence service. Nazi leader gave the pass to the next meeting of the party to the Yankee but captain Truman Smith did not go there himself but sent their a “friend of his”. The friend’s name was Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl. The son of a successful art dealer, who had German father and American mother, was born in Bavaria and in 1909 graduated from Harvard University. The entire World War I half-German Hanfstaengl spent in the United Sates and was in no hurry to support his distant motherhood. Moreover he was not arrested being the German citizen when the USA declared war to Germany and when he promised “not to get involved into any anti-American activities”, he was let free. Why? Because his lawyer turned out to be the Secretary of State of the American President Theodore Roosevelt![91]

      However when Germany lost in the war, Hanfstaengl rushed back to his native country. In destroyed Germany that was suffering from inflation life of an “American” Ernst was an example of prosperity and affluence. He always had some money but the resource of his income was not always quite transparent: because the damned inflation destroyed German firm of his father. “Official” version of his prosperity was some kind of an art gallery in the United States. Such explanation was persuasive and could not be checked. That is a very convenient explanation.

      When Ernst received an invitation to the meeting in which Hitler was going to take part, he instantly liked him and they soon became friends. Later he even wrote the memoir books called My Friend Adolf, My Enemy Hitler and Hitler. Missed Years. I would really recommend everybody to read those books. Why? Not because the books have some literature value but rather because of some impressive facts set forth in the books. It turns out that vanity is typical not only of poets and artists, commanders and men of letters. It is typical of the intelligence agents as well. That is why in the afternoon of their lives they slowly write a modest book in which, of course, they do not reveal all the facts, no. But they very neatly insert the truth among the well-known historical facts, they insert such truth in hues so that the attentive reader would realize that author of the book was rendering history secretly from everybody – helping the weird fanatic Adolf Hitler.

      There is something to write about indeed. Ernst who was two meters tall was nicknamed by Nazis “Putzi” which meant “baby” (or “funny” or “amusing”). Under this name he entered the history of the German Nationalistic Movement and history books. Narrow-minded historians picture Hanfstaengl as a typical motley forgetting that such role is the most convenient for hidden impact on the ruler.

      Ernst Hanfstaengl, American intelligence agent following the task from his government but not his heart provided Adolf Hitler with truly invaluable services

      Putzi’s role in establishment of NSDAP as the party and Hitler as the political leader has never been really appreciated. Pianist Hanfstaengl introduced the coarse corporal to Munich nobility, its arts and literature circles. Meeting such people as the Hanfstaengl family attached some respectability that lacked Hitler’s personality and established new important connections. As a matter of fact Putzi and his wife Helen were the first noble family that opened the doors of their house to Hitler. Most probably they were his first “stylists” and “image-makers”. Hitler learnt how to behave in the society and acquired some manners.

      He was always welcome in the Hanfstaengl villa. It was the place where Hitler could not only enjoy his favorite Wagner played live on the piano but also get some financial support. Putzi Hanfstaengl was rich and could afford to support a little the beginner-politician. He could suggest something, show the correct direction. Ideas that Hanfstaengl put into the head of Hitler-beginner were honestly revealed in his memoirs: “Should there be another war, it will be inevitably won by those supported by America. The only correct policy that you should stand up for is friendship with the United States. If Americans occur on the side of your rivals, you will loose any war”[92].

      Take notice that such advocacy was addressed not to the leader of the state or head of the government but to the yet unknown leader of a marginal organization. Thanks to the editor who wrote introduction to Hanfstaengl’s book: He formulated Putzi’s words in a shorter and simpler manner: His ideas consisted in the fact that Germany would never get balance and magnitude without partnership with Britain and especially with the United States. The main idea that he was trying to fix in Hitler’s head was that any attempts to balance accounts in Europe would turn delusive if those two naval states joined the opposing party”[93].

      Those thoughts were good and correct. If we develop them further, we will get the following: be friends with England and the USA and fight with Russia. It seems we have already come across those ideas somewhere, have seen them already. But where? In Hitler’s Mein Kampf! It is getting more and more interesting: in 1923 Hanfstaengl had geopolitical dialogues with Hitler, he educated the future Führer, extended his outlooks. And no later than in 1924 the “student” already wrote a book where he word by word repeated the ideas of his friend. So who is the real author of Mein Kampf? Turns out it’s an American intelligence agent.

      If somebody has doubts with regards to why Ernst Hanfstaengl “by accident” got to know Adolf Hitler, just advise such person to read Hanfstaengl’s books. There would be no more doubts. Too many factors point at the fact to which authority the rich American “friend” of the German Nazis belonged to. Beyond any doubt Hitler was the talented orator. But such talent had to be developed and nourished. Ernst Hanfstaengl was the one who supported Hitler in becoming a self-confident leader. He lifted his oratory talent to the next level: “I told him about an efficient use of the expressive aphorisms in the American political life and explained how this can be intensified by caustic headings in the newspapers, how speech can be made brighter with phonetic and alliteration effects”[94].

      Hitler agreed. In fact he absorbed almost everything like a sponge. “In many respects Hitler was pliable СКАЧАТЬ