This young man with a thin, dark face, the shape of a dwarf, and a lame leg is a man with quick thinking, complex psychology and a bit of neurosis. As early as 1922, he believed in National Socialism after hearing Hitler's speech for the first time in Munich and joined the Nazi Party ever since. But it took three years for the Nazi movement to discover this talent. After listening to his speech at that time, Strasser thought that he was a talented and fanatical nationalist who was eloquent, had a sharp writing pen, and had a good university education. This last point was the leader of the Nazi Party. Zhongzhen can be said to be rare. At that time, Heinrich Himmler had just resigned from his position as Strasser's secretary to concentrate on raising chickens. Strasser sent Goebbels to take over. This appointment proved to be decisive.
His personal life was also full of setbacks and disappointments in the early stages. Because he was lame in one leg and could not join the army, he was not able to have the war experience that young people of his generation considered very glorious, but this was a necessary condition for occupying a high position in the Nazi party. Goebbels was not born lame as most people believe. He contracted osteomyelitis when he was seven years old. The operation on the left hip was not very smooth, and as a result, the left leg was shorter than the right leg and a little atrophied. It was obvious that he was lame when he walked. This disability was a regret that he hated throughout his life, and was also one of the reasons why he was filled with injustice in his early years. During the Depression, during his college years and for a brief period in agitating against the French troops occupying the Ruhr, he often impersonated wounded veterans.
What attracted the young Goebbels was Strasser's radical attitude and his initial belief in the "socialist" ideas of National Socialism. Both of them originally wanted to rely on the proletariat to build the Nazi Party. In Hitler's opinion, this was completely heresy. The Strasser brothers and Goebbels succeeded in building a powerful left wing of the radical Nazi Party in the north, which made Hitler increasingly uneasy. If they were allowed to develop freely, they might capture the entire party and achieve the very goals Hitler was fighting against. The inevitable showdown took place between the autumn and winter of 1925 and February of the following year.
When Hitler and Gregor Strasser first started fighting, Lin Wei originally wanted to use this period of time to develop his own power and not participate in their fight. Lin Wei thought that Gregor Strasser Strasser was far from a match for Hitler.
Strasser and Goebbels forced Hitler to show his hand on an issue that aroused emotional excitement in Germany at the time. The question is the proposal of the Social Democrats and the Communists to the republic to expropriate and take over the large estates and properties of the abdicated princes and nobles. According to the constitution of the Weimar Republic, this issue was decided by a referendum. Strasser and Goebbels suggested that the Nazi Party, along with the Communists and Social Democrats, supported this movement to expropriate the property of the nobility.
When he heard that Strasser and Goebbels were going to make a fuss about the property of various princes and nobles, Lin Wei also panicked. After all, Lin Wei also belonged to the ranks of Junker landowners and big capitalists. Wei Liandi had a phone call with Gustav that night to discuss countermeasures. After all, the National Socialist Party was no longer what it used to be. Gustav also had to act cautiously. The method he came up with was very simple. At the critical moment, Mark blossomed again. Fascinating light.
If Strasser and Goebbels' plan succeeded, Hitler's source of income might immediately dry up, and Lin Wei used this to convince Hitler.
"My head of state, how can you let that unrealistic dreamer destroy the great friendship between you and us? Many of these princes and nobles have donated money to our party. In addition, I have to tell You, according to our father's news, some big industrialists have also begun to pay attention to your movement. If Strasser, who can only talk empty words, succeeds in his conspiracy, it will only destroy the relationship between the party and the elite. It’s just starting to turn into a good relationship”.
Compared to Lin Wei's sincere words, Hitler did not show any impatience. After quietly listening to Lin Wei's talk, Hitler did not make any statement.
Lin Wei saw Hitler sitting like an old monk in trance. Knowing that Hitler had already made his own calculations, Lin Wei poured himself a glass of red wine and waited for the next step.
Seeing that Lin Wei had calmed down, Hitler finally said, "Comrade Lampard, you are right. Strasser, an idealist, has indeed caused harm to the relationship between the party and the elite, but he is the party's number two after all." It’s hard for me to take action against him."
"But the Führer, I think Strasser only sincerely yearns for part of the National Socialist doctrine, and has abandoned the most important thing." Lin Wei looked anxious.
Hitler was very anxious when he saw Lin Wei's expression. He thought that Lin Wei was worried about the Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party's suggestion that the Republic expropriate and take over the large estates and properties of the abdicated princes and nobles, so he comforted Lin Wei and said, "But Stra What Se did this time was a bit thoughtless.”
"Not only that, the Führer, the Strasser brothers and Goebbels have successfully established a strong and radical left-wing force of the party in the north. If this continues, our party will definitely split. This is not in line with our one voice and our A political slogan from a leader," Lin Wei said with an excited expression, while giving his acting a nine out of ten.
Hitler was silent. Lin Wei said exactly what Hitler was worried about. After a while, Hitler raised his head and asked, "Lampard, what do you think we should do?"
"Report to the head of state, I don't know," Lin Wei said bachelorly, "Are you kidding me that you have already made your own decision and still ask me? Sometimes it is better not to appear too smart," Lin Wei thought.
"Uh!" Hitler never expected Lin Wei to say that, but he immediately abandoned the problem and began to think about how to deal with the Strasser brothers and Goebbels.
"Führer, I have something else to do. Can I go out first?" Lin Wei, who had achieved his goal, didn't want to stay for a minute longer and directly asked to leave.
"Lampard, if you have anything to do, go ahead and get busy," Hitler said without raising his head.
Bang... The door rang, and Lin Wei had left. Hitler stood up and walked to the window, looking out the window with indifferent eyes, "Strasse, maybe it's time."
But before Hitler could take action, Strasser convened a meeting of district-level leaders of the Northern Party in Hannover on November 22, 1925. The purpose of this conference was not only to get the Northern Nazis to support the requisition movement, but also to propose a new economic program that would abolish the previous twenty-five-point program adopted in 1920, which they considered "reactionary." The Strasser brothers and Goebbels wanted to nationalize large industries and large estates, and organize a Chamber of Corporations in the style of Italian fascism to replace the Congress. Hitler refused to attend the meeting and sent his loyal Gottfried Födel to suppress the rebels on his behalf. Goebbels demanded that Fördel be kicked out, shouting, "We don't need spies."
!" When someone suggested that this meeting was out of order and that no action could be taken without the presence of Supreme Leader Hitler, Goebbels shouted, "I demand that this petty bourgeois Hitler be expelled from the party!
This sharp-tongued Goebbels has changed a lot since he fell under Hitler's charm three years ago. In June 1922, when he first heard Hitler's speech at the Crown Circus in Munich, he exclaimed, "Now I have found the path I should take... This is an order!" He expressed his reaction to Hitler's performance during the Munich coup trial. Even more ecstatic.
But now, a year and a half later, Goebbels's idol has fallen. He became a "petty bourgeois element" who should be expelled from the party.
Hitler stood still and waited for the opportunity, and finally launched a counterattack on February 14, 1926. He convened a meeting in Bamberg in southern Germany, cunningly choosing a working day so that the northern leaders would not be able to leave work to attend. In fact, only Strasser and Goebbels could attend separately. They were greatly outnumbered by Hitler's hand-picked southern leaders. So at Hitler's insistence, they were forced to give in and abandon their program.