The field marshal has accepted candidacy from the men who, seven years ago, attacked him in the most hateful ways, and is ready to run on behalf of those who opposed him in 1925. Hindenburg accepted candidacy with honest, plain, and simple words. No German will doubt that the venerable general spoke from honest conviction.
Yet these plain words are a great tragedy! They reveal the great illusion of the German middle class of the
unity of the German nation!
In his election proclamation, Hindenburg said:
“Should I be elected, I will continue to serve the fatherland with all my strength, loyally and conscientiously, to strive for freedom and equality abroad and
for unity at home.”
A great illusion is concealed by these words, namely that at the moment there is not a German people that one could unify.
We are still not a People!