Hitler's Table Talk

FRONTIER OF GERMANS AND SLAVS 37
field in which the Labour Front will find a chance to make
itself useful.
In the East, on the railway, all Germans will have to travel
first or second class, so as to distinguish themselves from the
natives. The difference between first and second will be that
one will have three places on each side, and the other four.
I think it's an excellent idea to have introduced a single style
of messing throughout the army. Already during the first
World War, the messing for the troops was much better when
the officers used it too.
I don't see the point of an uninterrupted succession of dishes,
such as used to be the rule. One is afflicted the whole evening
with the same female neighbour, when one would have preferred
to entertain oneself with other fellow-guests. It's impossible
to eat enough of what one likes ! And the other dishes
are boring.
For Party receptions, the best notion is the cold buffet.
Kindred spirits form groups. You can change places to chat,
and move from one companion to another. This notion also
puts an end to competition for the places of honour, such as is
required by the classical method of arranging the table.
23 23rd September 1941, evening
The frontiers of Europe and Asia—Success justifies everything—Our
right to fertile lands—The Russian flood
must be dammed—Suicide candidates—National Socialism
must not ape religion.
It's absurd to try to suppose that the frontier between the two
separate worlds of Europe and Asia is marked by a chain of not
very high mountains—and the long chain of the Urals is no
more than that. One might just as well decree that the frontier
is marked by one of the great Russian rivers. No, geographically
Asia penetrates into Europe without any sharp break.
The real frontier is the one that separates the Germanic world
from the Slav world. It's our duty to place it where we want
it to be.
If anyone asks us where we obtain the right to extend the