He Talked Too Much!
Otto STRASSER, who with his brother Gregor, and Adolf. Hitler, were among the very first Nazis, makes an interesting revelation in his book, "Hitler and I," which was recently published in
London. He throws new light on the origin of Hitler’s bible, "Mein Kampf," which seems to have hypnotised the greater part of Europe until Britain unkindly upset some of its prophecies. Hitler and the Strasser brothers were imprisoned together in the Landsberg fortress after the failure of their Munich rebellion in 1923, and Otto relates how, while they lived quite comfort-
abiy, the only drawback was Hitler's incessant speechifying, which bored the others to distraction. One day Otto had the brilliant idea of suggesting to Adolf that he should write his Memoirs... Adolf positively leapt at it. The others then had a long period: of peace while the first draft of "Mein Kampf" was being written. Some years later, at a meeting of the Nazi leaders, out of prison this time, Someone asked which of those present had read "Mein Kampf." Not one of them had. " Goebbels," Ottg writes, "shook his head guiltily, Goering burst into loud laughter, and Reventlow said he had not had the time." (George Bagley, " Personalities and Places in the News,’ 3YA, September 3.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 65, 20 September 1940, Page 6
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