My Speech

     Guess what I dug up after searching through my computer. A speech I did in Gr. Six about Adolf Hitler. I didn't get chosen to go on, because the topic was too heavy for the younger audience and I spoke too fast... Damn! Anyways... here it is!

“All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of people.” The man that spoke these words was right – great movements are the stirring of human emotions, flames that consume the world and fling it into turmoil. This man turned the world upside down. Mrs. Verhaeghe and my fellow classmates, this man is Adolf Hitler. In my speech, we experience his childhood, his adolescence, the Nazis and his death.

“Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggle and will only perish through eternal peace.” Once upon a time, Adolf was a little boy. He was born on April 20^th, 1889 in a town close to the Austro-German boarder where his father worked. The Hitler family moved several times, to several villages around the town of Linz. Adolf attended school at age six, but did poorly. No doubt frustrated, he dropped out. But Adolf was ambitious – he left with dreams of becoming an artist. No, not to dominate the world or to eliminate all Jews, but to become an artist. His father died when Adolf was thirteen.

“Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.” Not only did Adolf not earn his keep, but he refused to receive an education. Despite his lack of education, Hitler developed a growing interest in history and politics. Little did he know that in the future, he would be an important part of both. But at the age of nineteen, reality set in. His mother dead, Adolf moved to Vienna to earn a living by taking odd jobs and selling paintings and posters. Even then, he had to resort to homeless shelters and soup kitchens. The life he took for granted was gone and in came the burden of hunger and filth. In the year 1914, after he moved to Munich, he was accepted into the German army. After fighting bravely in World War One, he was made a corporal. This alone was an honour, sugarcoated with the Iron Cross Second and First Class. Ironically, the Regiment Captain who recommended Hitler was Jewish.

“As a Christian, I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.” It all began when he successfully executed the first Hofbrauhaus speech. He later organized a larger event where the name of the party was changed to National Socialist German Workers Party – the Nazis. Soon enough, Adolf formed a group of thugs he used to disrupt the meetings of opposing parties. These thugs became the S.A. As expected, Adolf became the leader of the Nazis.

“I believe that my conduct today is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator.” Adolf continued to strengthen the Nazis, but his attack on the Bavarian government failed. Charged with treason, Hitler was sentenced five years in prison. Somehow, he used the trial to further broadcast his beliefs. He recounted these same beliefs to Rudolf Hess. Rudolf Hess later published a book about Adolf. Hitler only served six months in jail. Once out of prison, Adolf made it his priority to begin rebuilding the Nazis. The collapse of the Wall Street stock exchange hurt Germany, but proved beneficial to the Nazis. President Hindenburg was compelled to close the Reichstag and call for elections. It was the Nazi’s turn to shine, especially after gaining the approval of the army and industrialists. They soon became the second largest party. Hitler was reckless and decided to challenge Hindenburg in the presidential elections. However, Hindenburg was re-elected and Hitler… tossed to the curb. Now, I could go on and on, but here’s the important part; the Nazis struck terror everywhere. They became an epidemic of fear. After failing to take over by force, they used democratic means instead. It was an ambitious program of world domination that brought Germany and other northern European countries to power. Meanwhile, Jews, Slavs and other minorities were degraded. Under the influence of the Nazis, Germany became a dictatorship. All through the year 1933, the Nazis took over. Germany was a huge part of World War Two.

“Who says I am not under the special protection of God?” He spoke too soon. In fact, there are two theories concerning Hitler’s death; the first one being that Adolf committed suicide. In the year 1945 after marrying his companion, Eva Braun, Adolf shot himself in the head. Or did he? Evidence shows that perhaps it may have been one of Hitler’s body doubles. Either way, he’s dead.

Let’s face it, all of us have some bad and good in us. But what really matters is which path we choose to take, because it is our choices that make us who we are.

Hope you liked it!