"A warning was given to the signatories of the Memel statute, and a threat was made to Lithuania herself. The robbery of Memel had, be said, been legalised by the League. For years the Germans of Memel had been mishandled by the Lithuanian state, their only crime being that they were Germans. The second and domestic major point was in regard to the previously uttered dictum that The Nazi party commands the state, and not the state the party."
"Herr Hitler spoke of alleged internal and international provocation by Jewry. He referred to the alleged provocation of the Jews during the showing of a Swedish film during the summer in Berlin, which was followed by the anti-Jewish riots in Kurfurstendamm, hinting clearly of a world Jewish plot. Herr Hitler suggested that these events at home and abroad had the appearance of being systematically planned."
Hitler delivered a short Reichstag speech at Nuremberg that drew both loud approval and cries of shame from deputies. He warned the Memel statute signatories and threatened Lithuania, alleging the League had legalised the "robbery" of Memel and that ethnic Germans there suffered mistreatment. He announced legal implementation of the dictum that the Nazi Party commands the state and designated the swastika as the national flag, replacing black, white, and red. He expressed rigid hostility toward Jews, described alleged provocations and riots as possibly coordinated, and implied an international Jewish plot, empowering extremist anti‑Jewish elements.
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