The Reich Minister of the Interior [Frick] spoke about the Reichstag fire and the punishment of the culprits, and stated that it was urgently necessary to hang van der Lubbe at once, and that this needed to happen on Königsplatz at that. To be sure, the law that currently applied to arson only provided for a prison sentence, but it had to be possible to impose the penalty of death by hanging for such a heinous crime and to apply it retroactively.

What must Hitler feel when he sees the hundred thousand people whom he summoned, to whom he gave a national soul, people who are ready to die for him. Not only metaphorically speaking but in bitter earnest. [ . . . ]

His Holiness Pope Pius XI has appointed as his Plenipotentiary His Eminence the Most Reverend Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, his Secretary of State.

In the future, the conclusion of concordats with individual States shall be effected only in accord with the Government of the Reich.

The magnetic attraction of monetary accumulation, however, led increasingly to marriage for money, which suppressed its original sense of ethical community.

Josephine Baker.

Chomping excitedly, it persuades America that it must chew Wrigley’s gum to calm itself. “Pleasant and refreshing,” says the illuminated ad, “the aroma lingers,” it proclaims, “perfumes your breath,” it screams, “aids digestion,” it bellows, “preserves your teeth,” it puffs, “chew it after every meal,” it advises, admonishes, orders, threatens, extorts. America cowers and chews.

Richard Wilhelm

We have approached our task as business men anxious to obtain effective results.

5,000,000,000 of debentures

We have done our utmost to apply the principle of commensurate taxation.

There is no making pacts with Jews

It had long been clear to me that this whole gang was not really concerned with the welfare of the nation, but with filling empty pockets.

On a hill south of Wervick