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HITLER AND HIMMLER SPEECHES

AUDIO RECORDINGS

This list does not pretend to be a complete listing of what can be found in all archives.  It does list some of the material at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in College Park, MD and at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

U.S LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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U.S NATIONAL ARCHIVES

Detailed information on how to access the recordings at NARA can be found here: NARA Captured German Sound Recordings.  NARA also provides information on how to obtain copies of these speeches: NARA Ordering Sound Recordings

DEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK ARCHIV

Some of the audio recordings listed on this page, and presumably many others, can be found at the Deutsche Rundfunk Archiv (DRA).  Unfortunately, the DRA does not have a detailed online catalog of its holdings.

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ADOLF HITLER SPEECHES

NARA

  • Hitler, Adolf. "Speech Introducing Benito Mussolini." Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin, Sept. 28, 1937. Approx. 10 min. Item RG 242-107. Text appears in Adolf Hitler, Reden und Proklamationen, 1932-1945, ed. Max Domarus, 2 vols. (Wurzburg, 1962-63), vol. 1, p. 736-738 (hereafter referred to as Domarus).
     
  • Hitler, Adolf. "Speech to the Reichstag." Berlin, Apr. 28, 1939. Approx. 130 min. Item RG 242-178. Incomplete. In a sequence of 45, discs 1-5, 7, 22, and 24 are missing. Printed text is available in Domarus, vol. 2, p. 1147-1179. Concluding words by Hermann Goering. Recording of speech also available at Deutsche Rundfunk Archiv.
     
  • Hitler, Adolf. "Speech in Danzig." Danzig, Sept. 19, 1939. Approx. 75 min. Item RG 242-182. Incomplete. In a sequence of 32, discs 1-4, 9, and 11 are missing. Printed text available in Domarus, vol. 2, p. 1354-1366. Also the conclusion of the Deutschlandlied at end of speech is cut short. Recording of speech is available at the Norddeutsche Rundfunk, Hamburg, and a fragment is preserved at the Bundesarchiv, Koblenz.
     
  • Hitler, Adolf. "Speech to Reichstag." Berlin, July 19, 1940. Approx. 135 min. Item RG 242-175H, RG 242-175G, RG 242-175C. Printed text is in Domarus, vol. 2, p. 1540-1559. Introduction and conclusion by Hermann Goering. Recording of speech also available at the Deutsche Rundfunk Archiv and the Norddeutsche Rundfunk, Hamburg.
     
  • Hitler, Adolf. "Speech on Winterhilfswerk." Sportpalast, Berlin, Sept. 4, l940. Approx. 70 min. Item RG 242-175D, RG 242-175E, RG 242-175F. Incomplete. In a sequence of 28, discs 1-4, 13, and 15 are missing. Printed text is in Domarus, vol. 2, p. 1575-1583. Recording includes introduction by Joseph Goebbels. Recording of speech also available at Deutsche Rundfunk Archiv and at the Bundesarchiv, Koblenz.
     
  • Hitler, Adolf. "Speech at Commemorative Ceremony for November 1923 Putsch." Munich, Nov. 8, 1940. Approx. 80 min. Item RG 242-175B. Incomplete. In a sequence of 25, discs 1 and 3 are missing. Printed text is in Domarus, vol. 2, p.1602-1608. Also available at the Deutsche Rundfunk Archiv and in parts at the Norddeutsche Rundfunk, Hamburg.
     
  • Hitler, Adolf. "Speech to the Workers of a Berlin Armaments Factory" ("Rede vor den Arbeitern eines Berliner Rustungswerkes"). Berlin, Dec. 10, 1940. Approx. 110 min. Item RG 242-175A. Printed text is in Domarus, vol. 2, p. 1626-1634. Also available at the Deutsche Rundfunk Archiv and at the Bundesarchiv, Koblenz.
     
  • Hitler, Adolf. "Speech for Anniversary of the Founding of the NSDAP." Hofbrauhaus-Festsaal, Munich, Feb. 24, 1941. Approx. 90 min. Item RG 242-87, RG 242-119, RG 242-173. Only part of the speech is available in printed text in Domarus, vol. 2, p. 1668-1670.
     
  • Hitler, Adolf. "Speech to the Reichstag." Berlin, Dec. 11, 1941. Approx. 95 min. Item RG 242-219. Printed text is in Domarus, vol. 2, p. 1794-1811. Introduction and conclusion by Hermann Goering. Recording of speech also available at Deutsche Rundfunk Archiv.

LOC

  • Shelf Number: RWC 6243 B1-4; Title: Olympics opening ceremonies, Radio Broadcast : 08/01/1936, 11:56 a.m., Duplicated from a WABC radio program broadcast of Aug. 1, 1936; 11:56 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Summary: The opening ceremonies of the Olympics are broadcast from Berlin. Adolf Hitler and others are heard. RWC 6243 B1-4. 1 sound reel : 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1991. Duration: 010400. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection.
     
  • Shelf Number: RGA 8815; Title: Hitler and Mussolini in Berlin; Radio Broadcast : 09/28/1937, 12:45 p.m., Duplicated from an NBC Blue network radio program broadcast of Sept. 28, 1937; 12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m.; Summary: A political rally in Berlin. Joseph Goebbels speaks, as does Adolf Hitler. Mussolini may also speak. Most of this broadcast is in German but with English summary. Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945. (speaker); RGA 8815. 1 digital sound cassette, digital (polyester). Recording Laboratory 2002. Duration: 006000. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection. Copied from RAA 41322.
     
  • Shelf Number: RWA 2905 A2-3; Title:Vienna welcomes Hitler and the Nazis; Radio Broadcast : 03/15/1938; 5:00 a.m.; Duplicated from a NBC Red network radio program broadcast of Mar. 15, 1938; 5:00 a.m.-5:30 a.m. Vienna's hysteric welcome to the Nazis is described. Adolf Hitler makes a brief address and it is translated into English by E. Klotz. RWA 2905 A2-3. 1 sound reel : 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1982. Duration: 003000. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection.
     
  • Shelf Number: RWB 7042 A5; Adolf Hitler in Vienna; Radio Broadcast : 03/14/1938; RWB 7042 A5. 1 sound reel : 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1988. Duration: 000300. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection. Final minutes of the program with closing comments by NBC correspondent. This disc side had no label, however Hitler arrived in Vienna on March 14. See also LWO 11766.

HEINRICH HIMMLER SPEECHES

NARA

  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to SS Fuhrer, Fifth Division 'Deutschland.'", Apeldoorn, Netherlands, Dec. 13, 1940. Approx. 34 min. Item RG 242-187, RG 242-188, RG 242-191. Incomplete. No text or notes are extant. Internal evidence indicates that this speech was given to the officers of the 5th Division during the brief interval in which it was called Division Deutschland. Weidinger dates such a visit and speech as December 13, 1940, but his account of the content of the speech does not coincide clearly with the extant fragments. See Otto Weidinger, Division Das Reich, 3 vols. (Osnabrück, 1967-73), vol. 2, p. 314-316.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Commanders of the Waffen SS" ("Kommandeurbesprechung der Waffen SS"). Kasino der Leibstandarte, Berlin, Dec. 18, 1940. Approx. 8 min. Item RG 242-213. Incomplete. Discs 9 and 35 only. Comparison with speaker's notes indicates the recording consists of two brief disconnected passages from the speech. Speaker's notes are extant only from the files of correspondence kept by E. Lorenz, RF-SS Adjutantur. See EAP 161-b-12/264. T175, roll 112, frames 2636892-896.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Officers of the Division 'Das Reich'" ("Rede zu dem Führerkorps der Division 'Das Reich'"). Place unknown, June 19, 1942. Approx. 100 min. Item RG 242-202. Incomplete. Discs 7 and 21 missing. An abbreviated text is extant in the files of Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Heft Nr. l2. EAP 161-b-12/327B. T175, roll 90, frames 2612900-910. As a basis of comparison, there are short gaps in the recording corresponding to pages 4 and 1O in the typed text. It should be noted, however, that the typed text is a summary with many cuts and rewordings and that the recording is more complete than the typed text.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Commanders of an SS Panzerkorps" ("Kommandeurbesprechung SS Panzerkorps"). Charkov, Apr. 24, 1943. Approx. 80 min. Item RG 242-214. Text is extant in the unpublished file of PS-1919, IMT. On the basis of comparison with that text, there has been considerable editorial rewording in the typed text.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to Junkerschule." Bad Tolz, May 27, 1943. Approx. 4 min. Item RG 242-179. Incomplete. Only disc 1 extant. This speech fragment is of very poor quality. Only notes for the speech are extant in PS-1919, IMT unpublished file. No satisfactory comparison can be made.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the SS Officers" ("Rede zu den SS Führern"). Posen, Oct. 4, 1943. Approx. 190 min. Item RG 242-256, RG 242-259, RG 242-257, RG 242-251, RG 242-252, RG 242-249, RG 242-264, RG 242-263, RG 242-250, RG 242-266, RG 242-180. The speech has been published in IMT, Trial of the Major War Criminals (Nürnberg, 1947-49), vol. 29, p. 110-173.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Gauleiter" ("Rede auf der Gauleitertagung"). Posen, Oct. 6, 1943. Approx. 32 min. Item RG 242-189, RG 242-224. Incomplete. Only a very small section of the middle of the speech is reproduced, according to text in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Folder 63. EAP 161-b-12/82. Tl75, roll 85, frames 2610152-200. Recording also contains Wilhelm Schepmann's speech of the same date (see entry 43). For further information, see entry 1, "Speeches to the Reichs and Gauleitertagung."
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Army Generals" ("Rede zu den Befehlshabern der Wehrmacht"). Bad Schachen, Oct. 14, 1943. Approx. 165 min. Item RG 242-205. Comparison with the published text in IMT, Trial of the Major War Criminals (Nürnberg, l947-49), vol. 37, p. 498-523, indicates the recording has one gap corresponding to pages 520-521 of the published text. Extant discs are numbered 1-35 in sequence; recording and text match very closely. The recording has short concluding remarks by an unidentified army officer.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech for 'Tag der Freiheit, Warthegau.'" Posen, Oct. 24, 1943. Approx. 90 min. Item RG 242-204. Comparison with text in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Heft Nr. EAP 161-b-12/87. T175, roll 91, frames 2613053-075, indicates the recording and wording of the text match very closely. There are concluding remarks by Gauleiter Arthur Greiser.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the SS Fuhrer and Officials of the General Government" ("Rede vor den SS Führern und Beamten des General Gouvernement"). Krakau, Nov. 18, 1943. Approx. 50 min. Item 242-218. Incomplete. In a sequence of 25, discs 1-7, 14, 16, l7, and 23 are missing. No typed text is extant. Notes for the speech are in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Heft Nr. 17. EAP 161-b-12/87. T175, roll 91, frames 2613195-198.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the German Press" ("Rede vor der deutschen Presse"). Weimar, Dec. 4, 1943. Approx. 65 min. Item RG 242-197. Incomplete In a sequence of 25, discs 1, 2, 23, and 24 are missing. Speaking notes are in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Heft Nr. l7. EAP 161-b-12/87. Tl75, roll 91, frames 2613169-171, the text is in T-l75, roll 91, frames 2613144-158 and 175. Both the notes and text omit the first part of the speech. An unidentified speaker makes concluding remarks, which are distorted by recording noise.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Commanders of the Ordnungspolizei and the Police Presidents" ("Rede zu den Befehlshabern der Ordnungspolizei und den Polizeipraesidenten"). Hotel Ostland, Posen, Dec. 15, 1943. Approx. 72 min. Item RG 242-217. Incomplete. In a sequence of 41, discs 1-21 and 28 are missing. Only notes are extant in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Heft Nr. 16. EAP 161-b-12/87. T175, roll 91, frames 2613159-162. Comparison with notes indicates that the first half of the speech is missing from the recording.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Generals." Sonthofen, May 5, 1944. Approx. 115 min. Item RG 242-200, RG 242-210. Speech was held as part of a political education program. Comparison with text as found in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Heft Nr. 22. EAP 161-b-12/280. T175, roll 92, frames 2613448-537, indicates the recording omits the equivalent of the text pages 34, 54, and 55. Disc sequence, however, is complete and numbered 1-43.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to an Abwehr/SD Meeting" ("Rede zur Abwehr/SD Tagung"). Salzburg, May 15, 1944. Approx. 155 min. Item RG 242-203. Notes for the speech are in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Unnumbered folder. EAP 161-b-12/277. T175, roll 94, frames 2614681-688: two typed copies of the text are on roll 92, frames 2613547-633. Wording of the recording is nearly identical with the typed text.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Commanders of the Galician SS Volunteer Infantry Division" ("Rede zu dem Führerkorps der galizischen SS Freiwilligen Infanterie Division"). Neuhammer, May 16, 1944. Approx. 55 min. Item RG 242-206. Incomplete. In a sequence of 24, discs 21-23 are missing. Comparison with typed text in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Unnumbered folder. EAP 161-b-12/277. T175, roll 94, frames 2614657-675, indicated the recording is complete except for the last four paragraphs. The recording also includes a sentence-by-sentence translation into Ukrainian.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to High-ranking Wehrmacht Officers" ("Rede vor den Teilnehmern des politisch-weltanschaulichen Lehrgangs"). Sonthofen, May 24, 1944. Approx. 105 min. Item RG 242-211. Incomplete. In a sequence of 25, discs 17-20 are missing. Comparison with text in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Unnumbered folder. EAP 161-b-12/277. T175, roll 94, frames 2614609-647, indicates the recording has a gap equivalent to pages 24-32 of the typed text. The wording on the recording is nearly identical with the typed text. This speech was one in a series of political education programs for high-ranking Wehrmacht officers.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Representatives of German Justice" ("Rede zu den Vertretern der deutschen Justiz"). Kochem, May 25, 1944. Approx. 170 min. Item RG 242-198. Incomplete. In a sequence of 41, disc 1 is missing. Comparison with the typed text in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Heft Nr. 27. EAP 161-b-12/88. T175, roll 93, frames 2613736-779, indicates the recording has sections missing equivalent to pages 1-4 of the typed text. In wording, the text and the recording are almost identical. There are brief concluding remarks on the recording by Justice Minister Otto Thierack.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Generals." Sonthofen, June 21, 1944. Approx. 100 min. Item RG 238-3940. Incomplete. Using the extant typed text of the speech in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Heft Nr. 28. EAP 161-b-12/88. T175, roll 93, frames 2613945-992, as a basis of comparison, the equivalent text on the recording of pages 47-49 is missing.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Officers of Infantry Division 544, Major General Ehrig, C.O." ("Rede zu den Offizieren der Infanterie Division 544, Volksgrenadier"). Grafenwohr, July 25, 1944. Approx. 32 min. Item RG 242-201. Incomplete. In a sequence of 33, discs 1-9, 14, 15, 17, and 20-32 are missing. Comparison with typed text in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Heft Nr. 28. EAP 161-b-12/88. T175, roll 93, frames 2613873-901, indicates the recording has gaps equivalent to pages 1-7, 13, and 18-28 of the text.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Officers of the 545 Infantry Division [Volksgrenadier], Colonel Obenaus, C.O." ("Rede vor dem Offizierskorps einer Grenadier Division auf dem Truppenubungsplatz Bitsch"). Bitsch, July 26, 1944. Approx. 180 min. Item RG 242-209. Comparison with text in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Heft Nr. 30. EAP 161-b-12/88. T175, roll 93, frames 2614140-169, indicates that the typed text and the recording match closely.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to two Volksgrenadier Divisions" ("Rede zu zwei Volksgrenadier Divisionen"). Dorn, Aug. 13, 1944. Approx. 115 min. Item RG 242-190. Incomplete. In a sequence of 29, discs 17, 19, 21, and 23 are missing. No notes or text are extant for this speech.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to Officers of two Volksgrenadier Divisions; 543 Infantry, Lieutenant General Rasp, C.O., and 547 Infantry, Colonel Meiners, C.O." ("Rede vor dem Offizierkorps zweier Volksgrenadier Divisionen"). Munsingen, Aug. 27, 1944. Approx. 130 min. Item RG 242-195. Incomplete. In a sequence of 35, discs 22 and 23 are missing. No notes or text are extant for this speech.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Officers of a Volksgrenadier Division" ("Rede zu den Offizieren einer Volksgrenadier Division"). Place unknown, Aug. 29, 1944. Approx. 118 min. Item RG 242-254, RG 242-255, RG 242-269, RG 242-262, RG 242-253. No notes or text are extant. Speech was originally recorded on magnetic tape (30 IPS), but because only one recorder was used there are no overlapping sections. Based on internal evidence, the speech may be complete.
     
  • Himmler, Heinrich. "Speech to the Commanding Officers of the Wehrkreise and the Commanding Officers of the Training Schools" ("Rede zu den Wehrkreisbefehlshabern und den Kommandeuren der Schulen"). Jagerhohe, Sept. 21, 1944. Approx. 120 min. Item RG 242-267, RG 242-258, RG 242-247, RG 242-248, RG 242-260, RG 242-265. Incomplete. Comparison with text extant in Reichsführer SS. Personlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung. Heft Nr. 26. EAP 16 1-b-12/276. T175, roll 92, frames 2613636-658, indicates the only gap in the original magnetic tape recording corresponds to pages 8 and 9 of the 23-page typed text. This recording, however, is more complete in a number of places (i.e., sections equivalent to pages 11 and 22) than the text, which contains substantial rewording.