8. The principle is to hold or fight for political power! To form a front against the Nazis and the Right. Any means is in order: Up to a death blow.”
And these lying sensationalist newspapers dare to accuse us National Socialists of having plans for civil war!
With unequalled hypocrisy, Paul Löbe wrote in the Hessischer Volksfreund, Nr. 60, 7 November 1931:
“Let them come! We are there, we are armed, and we will greet them!
It does no harm if we make solid preparations for this eventuality.”
And at the Reichsbanner mass meeting in Berlin’s Sportpalast on 2 December 1931, state parliament representative Major Hauff (retired) openly said:
“The republic needs to be led by republicans who will shrink from nothing!”
They forget all the promises of freedom and equality when the comfortable seats of the Red party hacks are threatened. Those who formerly screamed the loudest of about freedom of opinion now call for republicans“who will shrink from nothing.”
They slander and accuse the National Socialists of wanting civil war so that they can prepare for it themselves!
The Red party hacks are not concerned about “defending against National Socialist plans for civil wear.” They know well enough that the NSDAP has no such plans. Each election proves that the day is coming when the NSDAP will take power legally. That alone would make it foolish for the National Socialists to think about a Putsch.
No, the red bigwig knows very well that all those rumors about a Putsch are a massive swindle that he himself sent out into the world. He knows that the National Socialists will take power legally, which is why he is preparing for civil war. He who has lied to the people for decades about democracy has no intention of giving up his position if this democracy votes against him. He wants to continue to enjoy the perks of his office at any cost. Even at the cost of bloody civil war.