Okay, seriously, don't laugh. This isn't meant to be funny. For a piece of history homework I was given the task of writing what Hitler "could have said" at his trial in 1923. This is what he "said" when asked "What did the Nazi party stand for the in 1920's?"

The speech.

The Nazis stand for freedom; the freedom for normal people like you and me, to rise up against the disloyalty and inequality of the Weimar government. I believe in the loyalty to Germany, in purity, and state control of the economy. You cannot tell me that I am a criminal, for I shall bear the responsibility of my actions, yet not the impression that such a thing as high treason against the traitors of 1918 is possible. I feel myself the best of Germans who wanted the best for the German people. And I think it is clear that my actions show the care that I feel towards Germany. The German revolution is a revolution, and therefore successful “high treason”; it is well known, however, that such treason should never be punished.

I want nothing but the best for my country, and do you not feel that the Weimar government have done us wrong? I, for one, know that what they are doing is wrong. Why should we take the blame for something which happened due to a joint cause? Why should Germany bear the brunt of all the unwarranted accusations of blame that have been flung at her? Why, do you think it is at all possible that we should do something to right these wrongs? It is not too late, as the Weimar would wish us to believe. For us, this weak acceptance of blame by the government was a filthy crime against the German people, and a stab in the back of the German nation. It is not too late, and that is what the Nazis stand for.

You have seen for yourself what the government can do for us: nothing but hand feed us our own starvation and slow inevitable deaths. Isn’t that what happened with France? A severe case of “hyperinflation” that left us with no food, no hope, and a life hardly worth living- all so that Germany could pay a punishment she didn’t even deserve? And what about Ludendorff? If I was so in the wrong in campaigning for nazi beliefs, then wasn’t he, too? I had first seen Ludendorff in 1918, in the field- for I have been there. In 1920 I first spoke personally with him. I saw that he was not only an outstanding general, but that he had learned the lesson, like myself, and knew what had brought the German nation to ruin. That Ludendorff was talked down to by the others was one more reason for me to become close to him.

The Nazis believe in the right thing, the abolishment of the treaty of Versailles, for it blames Germany once too often. The German people should have the right to live in a German populated country; a place where they can feel safe in their heritage and beliefs. That is what we Nazis stand for, and that is what we continue to stand for, because we know it is the best for Germany, and for her people.