This is CBSI on the World with John Bachelor.

Here's John Bachelor.

I'm John Bachelor, continuing with the author Timothy Rybak.

His book is Takeover, Hitler's final rise to power.

Tim is the co-founder and director of the Institute for Historical Justice and

Reconciliation in the Hague. he speaks to me from Berlin

Hitler has been defeated on November 6th the German people have turned their backs on him

compared to the gains of July 31st when he had 37% of the Reichstag,

he's been set back 2 million votes in the vote of November 6th. The whole party is discouraged.

Gerbils is grim in his diary, but not Hitler. Hitler is always looking to make the best out of anything.

He's never discouraged.

He's driven.

On the 14th, more than a week later,

Hitler gets a call from Van Papen, the previous Chancellor who is a man

that Hitler has mocked repeatedly as a man who only knows about monocles.

He calls him the cabinet of Fun Fun, Fun, the Baron's cabinet.

All Germany calls him the cabinet.

He's a man, as Tim has told, reminded us, who Schleker, his master, said the reason he has a head

or brains is to put a top hat on it, not to use them to think.

But Popin calls Hitler. So Tim, your wonderful story

now gets extremely like a drawing room melodrama. Why does Poppin call Hitler after the election?

I guess in German politics, maybe in all politics, everybody smells blood.

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