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Henlein, Konrad,
359
,
360
,
363
,
377
,
381
fn
.,
383
,
384
,
386
,
387
,
448–49

Herber, Lt. Col. Franz,
1066

Hereditary Farm Law (Sept. 29, 1933),
257–58
,
264

Herfurth, Gen. Otto,
1066

Hermann Goering Works,
261
,
351

Herrenklub,
178
,
191

Herriot, Edouard,
437

Herrlingen,
1031
,
1037
,
1077

Hersey, John,
975
fn
.

Herypierre, Henry,
982
,
983

Hess, Rudolf,
39
,
49
,
110
,
148
,
154
,
178
,
208
,
224
fn
.,
257
,
270
,
275
,
599
,
742
,
944
,
1073
,
1108
,
1142–43
; background,
47–48
; in Beer Hall Putsch,
68
,
70
,
73
,
75
; helps Hitler with Mein
Kampf
,
79
,
85
; directs Nazi revolt in Austria,
323
,
347
; flight to Scotland,
834–38

Heusinger, Gen. Adolf,
1048
fn
.,
1051
,
1052
,
1054
fn
.

Hewel, Walter,
1101

Heyde, Lt. Col. Bodo von der,
1067

Heydrich, Reinhard,
271
,
518–20
,
595
,
655
fn
.,
782–83
,
956
,
1023
,
1143
; background,
273
; and Fritsch frameup,
315
,
317
,
354
; persecution of Jews,
351
,
430–34
,
661
,
662
,
958
,
964
,
965
,
978
; assassinated,
991
,
1019

Heywood, Major General,
503
fn
.,
533

Hiedler, Johann Georg,
7
,
8

High Command of the Armed Forces,
see
OKW

High Command of the Army,
see
Army High Command

Hildesheim,
725

Hilgard, Herr,
432–33

Hilger, Gustav,
807
,
809

Himer, Gen. Kurt,
699–700

Himmler, Heinrich,
101
,
124
,
144–45
,
178
,
240
,
252
,
271
,
275
,
313
,
353
,
378
,
431
,
435
fn
.,
497–98
,
593
,
653–56
,
663
,
671
,
837
,
991
,
998
,
1000
,
1003
,
1036
,
1099
,
1108
,
1109
,
1112–14
,
1134
; Organization of S.S., Gestapo, German police,
121
,
148
,
215
,
226
,
270–71
,
274
; rumored to have killed Geli Raubal,
132
; aids in Roehm purge,
215
,
216
,
219
,
220
,
222
; extermination of Jews,
236
,
660–62
,
664
,
958
,
960–61
,
962
,
963
,
965
,
966–67
,
973
,
975
,
977
,
978
; Blomberg, Fritsch frameups,
313
,
315–17
,
354
,
355
; Austrian, Czech occupation,
347
,
348
,
351
,
449
; Polish border “incident,”
518–20
; occupation of-Britain program,
782–83
; and Russian-occupation policy,
832
,
834
,
937–38
,
950
fn
.,
951
,
954
; medical experiments,
979–80
,
982
,
984–85
,
986
,
988–89
,
990
; and anti-Hitler plotters,
1016–17
,
1021
,
1023
,
1024
,
1026
,
1031
,
1034
,
1035
,
1036
,
1044
,
1045
,
1047–49
,
1051
,
1054–55
,
1057
,
1063
,
1069
,
1070
,
1072–73
,
1117
; army command,
1063
,
1064
,
1073
,
1080
,
1087
,
1095
,
1101
; attempt to displace Hitler,
1072
,
1116–17
,
1121
,
1122
,
1126
,
1129
,
1130
, capture and suicide,
1141
,
1143

Hindemith, Paul,
242

Hindenburg, Maj. Oskar von,
4
,
150–51
,
175
,
181
,
183
,
227
,
228
,
229

Hindenburg, Paul von Beneckendorf und von,
3–5
,
53–55
,
56
fn
.,
90
,
137
,
150–53
,
155
,
160–64
,
166–75
,
179–83
,
191–92
,
194–201
,
211–12
,
215
,
216
,
218
,
219
,
225
,
274
,
320
,
530
,
871
; armistice of 1918 and Versailles Treaty,
31
,
58–59
; 1932 presidential elections,
142
,
155–60
; meetings with Hitler,
4
,
132
,
152
,
153
,
168–69
,
172–73
; appointment of Hitler as Chancellor,
4
,
145
,
184
,
187–90
; senility,
4
,
5
,
149
,
152
; last illness,
204
,
206
,
213–15
; death, last will and testament,
226–30

Hindenburg
(dirigible),
294
fn
.

Hipper
(Ger. hvy. cruiser),
701

Hippke, Lt. Gen. Dr.,
986

Hirohito, Emperor of Japan,
892

Hirt, Prof. August,
980–83

History of Frederick the Great
(Carryle),
1108–9

Hitler, Adolf:

P
ERSONAL
L
IFE
: birth, family background,
6–10
; early life and education,
10–16
; artist’s aspirations,
11
,
15
,
16
,
19
; women in his life,
15
,
20
,
30
,
130–33
,
483
fn
. (
see also
Braun, Eva; Raubal, Geli); budding political ideas,
15
,
21–32
; youth in Vienna,
17–26
; anti-Semitism,
25–27
,
30–31
,
35
,
40
fn
.,
41
; moves to Bavaria, joins Army,
27–28
; war service, wounds, medals,
29–31
; postwar Army service,
34–35
; citizenship problem,
130–31
,
157
; income tax difficulties,
133–35
; his reaction to Hess’s flight,
834–38
; his health failing,
1102–3
,
1108
; marries Eva Braun,
1122–23
; last will and testament,
1123–27
; suicide and cremation,
1133–34

P
ARTY
L
EADER
: joins German Workers’ Party,
35–41
; debut as orator,
35–36
,
40
; formulates Nazi program,
40–41
; is jailed for assault,
42
; becomes party dictator,
44–46
; his lieutenants,
47–51
,
121–22
,
146–49
; association with Ludendorff,
63–64
; leads putsch,
65–75
; is tried for treason,
75–79
; in prison, writes
Mein Kampf
,
79–90
,
113
,
129
; his ideological sources,
80–112
; rebuilds party,
117–49
; tightens control of party,
119
; defeats Strasser faction,
126–29
; courts Army support,
138–42
,
159
,
196–98
,
206–8
,
214–15
; “heads will roll” speech,
141
; wins big business support,
142–46
,
178–79
,
189–90
; meets with Hindenburg,
152–53
,
163–64
,
168–69
,
172–73
,
184
; maneuvers toward chancellorship,
152–85
; 1932 presidential elections,
155–59
; purges Roehm, party radicals,
204
,
213–26

F
UEHRER AND
R
EICH
C
HANCELLOR—DOMESTIC POLICY
: becomes Chancellor,
3–6
,
182–87
; has Reichstag dissolved,
188–91
; suppresses Communists,
190–96
; nationalizes state govts.,
194
,
200
; opens new Reichstag at Potsdam,
196–98
; gets Reichstag to abdicate,
198–200
; dissolves opposition parties,
201
; outlaws trade unions,
202–3
; issues anti–Jewish laws,
203
; his policies endorsed by electorate,
211–12
; wins Army backing for Presidency,
215
,
220
; succeeds Hindenburg as President,
226–30
; wins “unconditional obedience” of Army,
226–27
; regiments churches,
234–40
; Nazifies culture,
241–44
; co-ordinates labor,
263–67
; reorganizes courts,
268–74
; reshapes govt.,
274–76
; ousts Blomberg, Fritsch, Neurath, Schacht,
309–21
; assumes absolute power in Reich,
867
; conspiracies to depose or kill him,
372–75
,
379–82
,
404–8
,
411–14
,
1014–36
,
1042–82
(
see also
anti-Hitler conspiracy); presses persecution of Jews,
435
,
439
,
937–94
,
passim;
beer hall bomb plot,
652–56

F
UEHRER AND
R
EICH
C
HANCELLOR—FOREIGN RELATIONS
: signs pact with Poland,
212–13
; first meeting with Mussolini,
217
; quits League, Geneva Conference,
210–12
; directs Nazi agitation in Austria,
279–80
,
323
; aims peace propaganda abroad,
280–81
; abrogates Versailles Treaty,
281–85
,
299
; “peace” speeches,
209–10
,
285–88
,
290
,
300
,
471–76
,
641–42
,
752–55
,
761
; expands armed forces, war industries,
281–85
; signs naval pact with Britain,
288–89
; remilitarizes Rhineland, denounces Locarno Pact,
290–95
; signs pact with Austria,
296–97
; aids Franco rebellion,
297–98
; forms Axis with Mussolini,
298
,
301
; signs Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan,
299
; receives Duce, get go-ahead on Austria,
301–2
,
343
; meets with Lord Halifax,
302–3
; annexes Austria,
322–54
; meets with Schuschnigg at Berchtesgaden, Hitler, Adolf
continued
325–31
; reassures Duce on Austria,
336–37
; makes entry into Austria,
347–49
; directs Sudeten Nazis,
358–59
; urges Hungary, Poland against Czechs,
377
,
387–88
,
429
; demands “justice for Sudetens,”
383
; meets with Chamberlain at Berchtesgaden,
384–87
; at Godesberg,
388–95
; demands Sudetenland at once,
397–98
; at Munich Conference,
414–20
; wins Sudetenland,
421–24
; dissatisfied with Munich award, blames Chamberlain,
427
; annexes Memel,
428–29
; signs pact with France,
436–37
; “liberates” Slovakia,
439–43
,
449
; takes over rest of Czechoslovakia,
438–49
; presses Poland to cede Danzig, Corridor,
455–57
,
459–60
,
462–65
,
498–99
; replies to Roosevelt peace appeal,
471–75
; signs Pact of Steel with Duce,
483
; negotiates treaty with U.S.S.R.,
490–95
,
500–2
,
505–7
,
513–15
,
520–28
,
538–44
; meets with Ciano on war against Poland,
510–12
; replies to British, French peace appeals,
545–51
,
569–89
,
592–93
; is let down by Duce,
551–57
,
564–68
; thanks Duce for his help,
604
,
620–21
; receives British, French ultimatums,
608
,
613
,
615–18
; blames British for war,
618–19
; invites Russia into Polish war,
621–22
; negotiates boundary treaty with U.S.S.R.,
630–32
; offers peace to Britain, France,
639–43
; is criticized by Duce,
665–66
; his trading with Soviets,
665–69
,
794
,
799
; meets with Sumner Wells,
683–88
; his loyalty to Mussolini,
691–92
;
1055–56
; intervenes in Rumania,
800–1
,
803
; signs mil. pact with Italy, Japan,
802
; meets with Molotov,
803–9
; invites Russia into Tripartite Pact,
808–10
; explains invasion of Russia to Duce,
849–51
; last meeting with Duce,
1055–56

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