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171collapse of the economic system of the Reich in 1930 Germanyfound that Hitler‟s antagonism had been justified.The fast tempo with which he rolled up millions of votes,while parties with much more sensible programs and greaterexperience in government lagged behind, may have been,to a certain degree, his reward for obstinacy on this score.Much of the foreign program would be productive ofinternational conflicts. Herr Feder gave expression to thisintransigence in the following resolution:“We do not give up our right to any German in Bohemia‟sSudetenland, in Alsace-Lorraine, in Poland, in Austria– which is a colony of the League of Nations – and inall the succession States of imperial Austria. This claim toGerman territories, however, does not involve any imperialistictendency. . . .”An identical keynote is sounded in the National Socialistditty:“Nie wieder Krieg,Heisst nie wieder Sieg!Heisst nie wieder frei,Heisst Sklaverei!”(No more war,Victory‟s bar!Fettered Germany,Means new slavery!)An external hereditary enemy is essential for a militantpolitical organization. Hitler might have revived the Wilhelmianslogan of “Gott strafe England!” Or he could have

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