Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939
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Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 was the address to the German parliament in which he announced and attempted to justify the invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Reichstag speech
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historical event → political speech → |
| audience |
German public
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members of the Reichstag → |
| chronologicalRelation |
delivered after the Gleiwitz incident
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delivered before the British and French declarations of war on Germany → delivered on the first day of the German invasion of Poland → |
| containsElement |
appeals to German unity
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denunciations of the Treaty of Versailles → false allegations of Polish attacks on German territory → propaganda claims of Polish aggression → references to ethnic Germans in Poland → |
| country |
Germany
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| date |
1939-09-01
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| declaredState |
state of war between Germany and Poland
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| historicalPeriod |
Nazi era
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World War II → |
| ideology |
German nationalism
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Nazism → |
| language |
German
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| mainTopic |
Danzig (Gdańsk) question
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German territorial claims in Eastern Europe → German–Polish relations → Nazi foreign policy → invasion of Poland → outbreak of World War II in Europe → |
| medium |
radio broadcast
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| place |
Reichstag building, Berlin
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| politicalContext |
German expansionism
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Nazi dictatorship in Germany → breakdown of the European diplomatic order of the 1930s → |
| purpose |
announcement of the German attack on Poland
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blaming Poland for the outbreak of hostilities → mobilization of German public opinion for war → portraying Germany as acting in self-defense → propaganda justification of the invasion of Poland → |
| recordingExists |
audio recording
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transcript → |
| relatedEvent |
German invasion of Poland
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Gleiwitz incident → Nazi–Soviet Pact → beginning of World War II in Europe → |
| relatedWork |
Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 30 January 1939
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| significance |
important primary source for historians of the Second World War
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key document in the history of Nazi propaganda → symbolic starting point of World War II in Europe → |
| speaker |
Adolf Hitler
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Nacht der langen Messer
("Adolf Hitler in Reichstag speech")
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justifiedBy |
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Gleiwitz incident
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pretextFor |
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Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939
("Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 30 January 1939")
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relatedWork |