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.
5. “STRUGGLE IS THE FATHER OF ALL THINGS”
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 p
amphlets 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.
6. “A LIFE FULL OF WORK AND STRUGGLE”
1. Berghahn, Der Stahlhelm, 118ff.; Jung, Demokratie, 109ff. On Goebbels’s position, see Reuth, Goebbels, 147ff.
2. TB, 17 March 1929.
3. TB, 28 March 1929.
4. TB, 5 April 1929. On his uncertainty regarding Hitler’s policy, see also 6 and 9 April 1929.
5. TB, 12 April 1929; on the beneficial effects of the conversation, see also 13 April 1929.
6. TB, 16 April 1929.
7. TB, 30 April 1929. It referred to Hitler’s memorandum to the Stahlhelm executive of April 1929. Berghahn, Stahlhelm, 126f.
8. Der Angriff, 13 May 1929, “Gegen die Reaktion” and 27 May 1929, “Einheitsfront.”
9. TB, 16 May 1929; see also 17 May 1929. On Hitler’s assurances that he was going to distance himself from the Stahlhelm, see 29 and 31 May 1929.
10. TB, 28 June 1929.
11. He said this in a speech on 28 June, according to a diary entry the following day.
12. TB, 5 July 1929.
13. Jung, Demokratie, 110.
14. TB, 12 July 1929.
15. TB, 6 July 1929.
16. TB, 2 March 1929.
17. TB, 1 March 1929. On the criticism of the Party leadership, see also 6 April 1929 (with Robert Rohde); on a conversation with Baldur von Schirach, the “Reichsführer of students,” see 18 April 1929.
18. TB, 30 April 1929. However, Goebbels added that he had been “very reserved” during the conversation.
19. TB, 13 June 1929; NS-Briefe, 3 August 1929.
20. TB, 29 May, 5 July 1929.
21. TB, 30 July 1929.
22. On the establishment of the department, see 14 and 28 May and 4 June 1929. On the intensification of propaganda, see 30 July, 29 August, 18 October 1929. However, he soon thought Stark’s work “too theoretical” (8 October 1929).
23. TB, 1 August 1929.
24. TB, 4 August 1929.
25. TB, 13 and 14 August 1929.
26. TB, 20 October 1929.
27. TB, 20 and 22 November 1929.
28. Der Angriff, 16 September 1929, under the heading “Kampf um Berlin.”
29. Der Angriff, 9 September 1929.
30. TB, 8 September 1929; Engelbrechten, Armee, 101.
31. TB, 16 September 1929; Engelbrechten, Armee, 101.
32. TB, 23 September 1929; Der Angriff, 23 and 30 September 1929 (“Auf den Schanzen”) and 20 October (“Neukölln ist nicht rot”); Engelbrechten, Armee, 102f.
33. Der Angriff, 16 September 1929.
34. Der Angriff, 3 and 6 October 1929, under the heading “Kampf um Berlin.”
35. Der Angriff, 13 October 1929 with a detailed program (17–25 October); 20 October (on the ban), 24 October (under the heading “Kampf um Berlin”: on developments): TB, 19 October 1929 (on the ban); see also Ehls, Protest und Propaganda, 154.
36. TB, 11 September 1929.
37. TB, 12–14 September 1929.
38. 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.
39. Jung, Demokratie, 116f.
40. Jung, Demokratie, 128ff.; Turner, Die Großunternehmer und der Aufstieg Hitlers, 141.
41. TB, 20, 21, and 23 October 1929.
42. TB, 28 October 1929.
> 43. TB, 31 October, 1 November 1929.
44. TB, 3 December 1929.
45. Der Angriff, 3 November 1939
46. Der Angriff, 24 November 1929 (Kampf um Berlin, about the Standarte IV’s propaganda trip to Wedding); Engelbrechten, Armee, 107: On 17 November for the first time the whole of the SA was deployed in house-to-house propaganda.
47. Statistisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Berlin 1930, 347ff.
48. Stadtverordneten-Versammlung der Stadt Berlin 1930, 54f.; Reuth, Goebbels, 156.
49. Jung, Demokratie, 122ff.
50. TB, 8 January 1930.
51. TB, 14 March 1930.
52. LA Berlin, A Rep. 358-01/6015, Bericht der Abt. I A des Pol. Präs. of 2 April 1930; TB, 15 March 1930.
53. Der Angriff, 16 March 1931.
54. LA Berlin, A Rep 358-01/6015, verdict of 31 May 1930 and the indictment of 8 May 1930 and the institution of legal proceedings by the president on 31 December 1929; VZ, 1 June 1930, “Die Klage des Reichspräsidenten. Klamauk um Goebbels.”
55. TB, 1 June 1930; see also 30 and 31 May 1930.
56. Der Angriff, 14 November 1929, reported on the funeral service carried out under the auspices of the Berlin NSDAP (Kampf um Berlin).
57. Der Angriff, 14 November 1929.
58. TB, 11 November 1929.
59. TB, 29 May, 4 June 1928.
60. TB, 24 and 29 November, 7 December 1929; on the death of his father, see also 8 December 1929.
61. TB, 11 December 1929.
62. TB, 8 and 11 December (quotation) 1929.
63. TB, 17 December 1929; see also Reuth, Goebbels, 148.
64. TB, 19, 23, and 30 December; Reuth, Goebbels, 157ff.
65. TB, 29 September 1929; also 16 January, 15 March, 5 April, also 28 April, 14 May 1929.
66. Siemens, Horst Wessel; Oertel, Horst Wessel.
67. TB, 15 January 1930.
68. TB, 19 January 1930.
69. On the cult of death and heroism associated with Wessel, see Siemens, Wessel, 131ff.
70. Der Angriff, 3 March 1930; on the riotous scenes surrounding the funeral, see Oertel, Wessel, 106ff. On the cult around Wessel and the other Nazi party deaths in Berlin, see Behrenbeck, Der Tod um die toten Helden, esp. 119ff.
71. As at the funeral and in an article in Der Angriff of 25 February 1930. Oertel, Wessel, 106ff.
72. Der Angriff, 6 March 1930, “Bis zur Neige.”
73. On his plans, see TB, 2 May, 5 July, 12 September 1929; Reuth, Goebbels, 164.
74. TB, 20 October 1929.
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