From 1933 to 1945, was Hitler the leader of Portugal rather than Germany?

Boojatta

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Tue Dec-14-10 06:04 PM
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From 1933 to 1945, was Hitler the leader of Portugal rather than Germany?

Edited on Tue Dec-14-10 06:09 PM by Boojatta

You can hear in his speeches that he thought he was the leader of Germany, but he had a variety of half-baked ideas. If he thought that he was the leader of Germany when he was actually the leader of some other European country, then you can criticize him for not being completely correct, or you can give him credit for being close to the truth. It's a decision for you to make, a decision that reveals more about you than about Hitler.

Hitler's subordinates knew that it was very easy to conceal information from him. In 1932, Germany was suffering from an economic depression, and when winter arrived the economic problems were compounded by cold weather. It was natural that one night in the winter of 1932, while Hitler was sleeping, his subordinates would take him with them to Portugal. It was equally natural for Hitler to be concerned about being suddenly surrounded by people speaking Portuguese. He probably simply assumed that Germans were involved in a new fad, studying and speaking Portuguese to distract themselves from their economic problems. However, an inability to communicate can be very annoying, especially for someone with Hitler's interest in public speaking. Thus, he was motivated to speak out with greater intensity against all foreign and cosmopolitan influences.

Of course, when Portuguese candidates for political office in Portugal spoke out against all things foreign and cosmopolitan, Portuguese voters presumed that they were merely trying to win votes. On the other hand, when Hitler spoke out against foreign influence, he was, as a foreigner, speaking out against himself. This lent special authenticity to his message. Furthermore, his large entourage of German-speaking subordinates in Portugal annoyed many voters of Portugal, so those voters were especially receptive to his message. They assumed that his outspoken opposition to foreign influence included opposition to all things German.

Meanwhile, high unemployment in Germany meant less buying activity, and German companies were desperate to sell more to German consumers. They needed something to attract listeners to their radio advertising. They remembered that Hitler used to fill big beer halls with listeners, but they probably thought he would be very busy learning Portuguese and working as the new leader of Portugal. They were probably very surprised and pleased when they heard that Hitler continued to give speeches in the German language, and that he thought he was the leader of Germany. All they needed to do was buy recordings of Hitler's speeches and broadcast them on German radio. Unfortunately, Hitler was very persuasive. People in Germany believed him when he said that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, so they sent Rommel to deal with the problem. Soon the fighting escalated and Germany became involved in a world war.

Naturally, when the war in Europe started to go badly for Germany, all German-speaking people in Europe became potential targets of angry mobs. Fortunately, Hitler's German-speaking entourage in Portugal would have used their Portuguese contacts to establish connections in Brazil. However, the war had not yet ended, so the trip to Brazil would be hazardous. To ensure that at least one copy of Hitler arrived safely in Brazil, they needed to produce several clones of Hitler and send each clone via a different route to Brazil. Naturally, news about this leaked out, but the news was garbled. Some people think that Hitler was cloned by some boys in Brazil, but actually he was cloned by some men in Portugal.