Die braune Gefahr

The author describes his first encounters with "Nationalism" when still a young boy, and later on as a student involved in fistfights with Czechs in the borderlands. He describes a feeling of loss and yearning for a better future. His first encounters with national ideas were in Munich after the war. He argues that Germany is not yet a fully formed language area (Sprachraum) and its common history is very short. Compared to France, Germans feel Bavarian or Prussian first, only then German. The author describes the NSDAP and its beginnings, his discussions with Hitler and many of his followers before the putsch, and how its program is insincere. Besides propaganda it has not yet achieved anything. The politics of the catholic church, the Jesuits and their Anti-Semitism is discussed next. The author quotes "Mein Kampf" to highlight principles similar to the catholic church (for examples, Dissidents are dealt with like in the inquisition). The main direction of the Nazi propaganda is directed towards the need of the masses to belief and redemption. The author is appalled by the movement because of its empty promises, its limitations on the free spirit, low self-esteem of its leaders and their willingness to use violence and raw brutality.