Speech

Here is a video that I found on youtube with Hitler giving a speech. There are English subtitles of course.



I've always heard in my history classes and what not that Hitler was a great speaker and that is one of the main reasons he has come into power but after watching this videos and a few other I have come to realize that he has a more powerful and commanding voice, and not necessarily a good speaker. I have no knowledge of the German language yet it seems to me that he is not necessarily articulate or that the content of his speeches are amazing but he is very forceful and commands an audience very well. I personally think a good speaker must include great content and not just how it is presented. This could be just the translation, but Hitler's speeches seem to lack much complexity. Well, once again, solely my biased opinion.

When watching this video I think it is ironic that he points out that his party is not seen as German and that it seems like Hitler completely forgot he is not German born at all and that he claims to be German.

Also reading much of the comments of the Hitler youtube videos it made me more aware that people are knowledgeable about Hitler and much of his history and made me quite compelled to learn more about him and this topic.