- Hitler was not interested in a state or society that simply treated people equally, or a state that simply left individuals alone...
- Otto Dietrich, Hitler’s longtime press chief, noted that Hitler supported “the abolition of all privileges” and a “classless” state.
- To this end, Hitler expressed his desire to “tear down all the social barriers in Germany without compunction,”
In other words, privilege was so pervasive in Germany that Hitler would root it out by destroying the entire class structure. ‘Tear Down the Walls which Separate the Classes’
- If any of this sounds familiar, it should...