Hitler's Table Talk

VIRTUE OF HUNGARIAN ARISTOCRACY 315
that the Jew realises he cannot attack Japan from within. He is
therefore compelled to act from outside. It would be to the
considered interests of England and the United States to come
to an understanding with Japan, but the Jew will strive to
prevent such an understanding. I gave this warning in vain.
A question arises. Does the Jew act consciously and by
calculation, or is he driven on by his instinct? I cannot answer
that question.
The intellectual élite of Europe (whether professors of faculties,
high officials, or whatever else) never understood anything
of this problem. The élite has been stuffed with false ideas,
and on these it lives. It propagates a science that causes the
greatest possible damage. Stunted men have the philosophy of
stunted men. They love neither strength nor health, and they
regard weakness and sickness as supreme values.
Since it's the function that creates the organ, entrust the
world for a few centuries to a German professor—and you'll
soon have a mankind of cretins, made up of men with big
heads set upon meagre bodies.
149 17th February 1942, evening
Big properties in Hungary—The birthplaces of great men—
Books for young people—Folk-dancing—Leather shorts.
The magnates of Hungary used to be noted for their hospitality.
On their country estates they used to receive up to
seventy guests at a time. The wines were better than in
Austria, but the country-houses were not so beautiful. For most
of the time these noblemen led delightful lives in Paris or in the
gambling-resorts of the Côte d'Azur. One of them, Esterhazy,
at least had it greatly to his credit that Haydn didn't end up
like Mozart in a communal grave—which is what happened in
Vienna, the homeland of music.
It's my view that, simply for the sake of their beauty, the
great noblemen's estates should be preserved. But they must
retain their size, otherwise only the State would be
capable of maintaining them as private country-houses. And